Senegalese
see all genres ›When West Africa’s Senegal won independence from France in 1960, its cinema awoke, bringing with it the continent's first famous director, Ousmane Sembene, often called "the father of African film." Production today remains limited, with features often financed in part by foreign investors.
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Genres / International / African / Senegalese
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Tall as the Baobab Tree
In a rural Senegalese village poised at the outer edge of the modern world, a teenage girl hatches a secret plan to rescue her eleven-year-old sister from an arranged marriage. A powerful voice from Africa's young generation, TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE poignantly depicts a family...Watch Movie
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7915km
A motor-sports spectacle that kicks up plenty of dust. On the trail of the 2007 Dakar Rallye (the final year of the race), 7915KM undertakes a search, along the way encountering the variety to be found in Africa’s present in Morocco, Sahrawi Republic, Mauritania, Mali and Senegal. 7915KM...Watch Movie
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Le jardin d'Ewald
The attempt of Senegalese people to outwit one of the greatest mass murderers of our time. Silently, insidiously and always with full force, the overpowering villain, which the Senegalese have to oppose year after year carries the name 'drought.' Drought and the disappearance...Watch Movie
