Souleymane Cissé
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.
Cast
Crew
Time
Producer, Director, Writer
Yeelen
Director, Writer, Producer
Tell Me Who You Are
Director, Writer
The Wind
Writer, Director, Producer
The Young Girl
Director, Script, Dialogue
Our House
Director, Producer, Writer
Postgraduate
Director
O Sembene!
Director
Work
Writer, Director
Five Days in a Life
Director, Writer
Sources of Inspiration
Director
Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles
Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director