Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra • 1981 • Senegal
Starring Birago Diop
BIRAGO DIOP, CONTEUR (“Birago Diop, Storyteller”) offers a portrait of the famous Senegalese writer and poet. While young writers of Antillean and African descent chose poetry to express the search for their identity within the Negritude movement, Birago Diop adopted African folklore as a mode of expression.
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Behind the Scenes: The Making of CEDDO
Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra • 1981 • Senegal
Starring Ousmane SembèneIn this chronicle of the making of a masterpiece, Paulin Vieyra captures Senegalese cinema titan Ousmane Sembène during the production of his 1977 historical drama CEDDO, which would go on to be banned under the Senghor...
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Iba N’Diaye
Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra • 1982 • Senegal
Starring Iba N’DiayeDuring an interview with the filmmaker Paulin Vieyra, the celebrated painter Iba N’Diaye recalls key moments from his life. He begins with his childhood in Senegal and his studies at the Lycée Faidherbe in St. Louis of Sene...
