Souls of Fouta

Black Girl

1966 · ★ 7.3

Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.

Baby blues

No synopsis available.

Boy Saloum : La révolte des Y’en a marre

2013

The story of four Senegalese youths from the suburbs of Dakar who are about to set their country ablaze in 2011, via the grassroots movement called Y’en a marre (We’re fed up).

Mambéty

2002

Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambéty, one of the greatest figures in all of African film, died in 1998. In this behind-the-scenes documentary, shot during the making of his final work, The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun / La petite vendeuse de soleil, Mambéty speaks with his technicians, prepares the actors, talks with his young star, and, in voiceover, shares his thoughts on cinema and life.Mambéty doesn't differ significantly from the stock "behind-the-scenes" documentaries that adorn most DVDs nowadays, except that Mambéty's films have scenes you actually want to be taken behind. Because of the kind of attention that gets paid to African cinema, there's an initial intrigue to Mambéty, but that interest is sustained by Mambéty's own lyrical insights into his aesthetics.

African Underground: Democracy in Dakar

African Underground: Democracy in Dakar is a groundbreaking documentary film about hip-hop youth and politics in Dakar Senegal. The film follows rappers, DJs, journalists, professors and people on the street at the time before, during and after the controversial 2007 presidential election in Senegal and examines hip-hop’s role on the political process. Originally shot as a seven part documentary mini-series released via the internet – the documentary bridges the gap between hip-hop activism, video journalism and documentary film and explores the role of youth and musical activism on the political process.

Mboro (Novembre)

2026

No synopsis available.

Keur Simbara

Keur Simbara is an intimate, lyrical short documentary that follows a group of women community organizers in a rural Senegalese village as they build and sustain systems of health, finance, agriculture, and domestic infrastructure. Amid water scarcity and environmental challenges, they articulate their hopes for the future and the legacy they wish to leave behind. Keur Simbara is a tribute to communal wisdom and the power of local organizing.

The Grand Magal of Touba

1962 · ★ 10

Each year, the pilgrimage of the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides takes place in Touba. From all over Senegal (and even from all over the world) pilgrims flock to take part in this religious event which will last three days and two nights. Grand Magal in Touba evokes the black Islam, promotes peace and tolerance, born of syncretism between Islam and the blackness of the Sufi brotherhoods in Senegal.

The Song of Buenos Aires

1980 · ★ 10

By notice, the heir to a fortune named Juan González is summoned. Three men with that name appear but only one is the one who has the right to inheritance. The boys to receive it must live with a mysterious lady and her daughter to access it.

Blue Dive

2012

A short film that contemplates the mysterious relationship between humans, the sea, and death. Set in Alexandria on the Mediterranean, the film tells the story of three people who meet by chance in the corridors of a hospital, each of whom has experienced the dangers of the blue sea. Mokhtar, a painter suffering from schizophrenia, contemplates the color of death, while Salim, a diver fascinated by the sea, dies in a hospital bed. Meanwhile, Dalia, a nurse, recalls her father's drowning.

Women in the Dark

2019

These women are beguiling mysteries to one another, but not for much longer... A compilation of shorts featured around lesbian and female sexuality.

The Season has Blossomed

2012 · ★ 5

Nazmi and his wife Cicek are a Turkish family living in Germany with their daughter Mevsim. Nazmi constantly beats his wife Cicek. For this reason, the social state institutions of Germany take Cicek and her daughter Mevsim under protection by intervening. Placed in a women's shelter, Cicek meets a woman named Esra and becomes friends. In fact, this friendship progresses from the shelter to renting a house together. However, when they get into the taxi of a taxi driver named Asaf, unexpected things will happen to them.