Movie Database

Movies by Director - Ousmane Sembene (13 [Missing: 5])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
The Sonhrai EmpireNA1963 Documentary,Short Not Available
The WagonerNA1963 Drama,Short Not Available
Black Girl [La noire de...]A black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.1966Ousmane SembeneDrama7.4 (4.1K votes)6520211228
MandabiA money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more mod1968Ousmane SembeneComedy,Drama7.3 (920 votes)9220211228
TauwNA1970 Drama,Short Not Available
EmitaiAs World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.1971Ousmane SembeneDrama7.1 (370 votes)10320211228
XalaA corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice.1975Ousmane SembeneComedy,Drama6.7 (1.8K votes)12320211228
CeddoIn protest of forced conversion to Islam, the Ceddo (outsiders) kidnap King Demba War's daughter Princess Dior Yacine and hold her hostage.1977Ousmane SembeneDrama6.7 (887 votes)12020211228
Camp de ThiaroyeIn this semi-autobiographical film, black soldiers help to defend France, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.1988Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Faty SowDrama,War7.7 (535 votes)15720211228
GuelwaarNA1992 Drama Not Available
NiayeNA1964 Drama,Short Not Available
Faat KinéA forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male dominated field.2001Ousmane SembeneComedy,Drama6.9 (320 votes)12020211228
MoolaadéWhen a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.2003Ousmane SembeneDrama7.6 (3.9K votes)12420220414