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Souleymane Cissé
Bamako, Mali
Souleymane Cissé (21 April 1940 – 19 February 2025) was a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers. He was called "Africa's greatest liv…
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Souleymane Cissé (21 April 1940 – 19 February 2025) was a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers. He was called "Africa's greatest living filmmaker" while his film Yeelen has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made". He was the first director from sub-Saharan Africa to receive an award, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987, for “Yeelen”, he was awarded the Golden Coach in 2023. Description above from the Wikipedia article Souleymane Cissé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
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2026
WHEN CINEMA SPEAKS...
Movie Self
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2022
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
Movie Self / Narrator
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2015
Our House
Movie Director
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2014
Henri Langlois vu par...
Movie Self
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2013
O Sembene!
Movie Director
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2009
Tell Me Who You Are
Movie Director
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1995
Time
Movie Producer
- 1991
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1988
Ouaga
Movie
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1987
Yeelen
Movie Director
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1983
The Wind
Movie Director
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1978
Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles
Movie Director
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1978
Work
Movie Writer
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1975
The Young Girl
Movie Director
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1973
Five Days in a Life
Movie Director
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1969
Postgraduate
Movie Director
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1968
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