Moolaadé(2004)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 76

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.



La noire de...(1966)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 36

A black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.



Faat Kiné(2001)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 41

A forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male dominated field.



Mandabi(1968)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A 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...



Xala(1975)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. White money still controls the ...



Ceddo(1977)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 5

The Ceddo try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap ...



Guelwaar(1992)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor. A satiric portrayal of religion and politics, sometimes humorous, sometimes ...



Emitaï(1971)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

As 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.