Senegal Movies

After his mother develops cancer from dépigmentation, Khalilou fights toxic beauty standards. Disguised as Leila, he enters the "Miss...

A cart-taxi driver goes to the city to make a living, but out of sympathy with other poverty-stricken people, he works for free and goes hungry...

In a village in West Africa where dreams play a key role, the hosts of local radio interpret the oniric visions of their listeners. The language of...

Bisagras is a film that triangulates the journey of African slaves to America and draws a line that goes through my brown skin.

In Africa, small jobs survive as resistance to the invasion of consumer goods. In compiling five shorts directed by the Senegalese documentary...

An intriguing look at an authoritarian state on the verge of democratization: how Zimbabwe got a new constitution. Two political enemies are forced...

Following the steps of Oumar Seye, first black African professional surfer, Cherif, Paké, Assane and Mbabou, childhood friends from Ngor...

Part of a series of 4 films, Kinshasa (2018), Shenzhen (2019), New York (2019) and Dakar (2018), the project explores the relationship between...

In 1972, Djibril Diop Mambety shoots "Touki Bouki." Mory and Anta are in love. Two young lovers share the same dream: to leave Dakar for Paris. At...

Follows the story of two young boys and their adventure through the streets of Africa.

Each year, the pilgrimage of the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides takes place in Touba. From all over Senegal (and even from all over the world)...

The French Michel and the Senegalese Malik, childhood friends now grown and both working in government, deal with rapid changes taking place as...

When President Abdoulaye Wade wanted to run for office yet again in 2011, a resistance movement formed on the streets. Shortly afterwards, a group of...

The story of four Senegalese youths from the suburbs of Dakar who are about to set their country ablaze in 2011, via the grassroots movement called...

Two new co-wives are alone in a house. The husband is away. They don’t want to talk to each other; at the same time, the voices of two other...

While helping tend her family’s herd of cows in a northern region of Senegal, a 13-year-old girl faces changes that threaten her tight bond...

Directed by Paulin Vieyra.

Director Alice Diop was born in France of Senegalese parents. After their death, she felt the need to explore her roots. Armed with her camera, she...