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.
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Films (17)
WHEN CINEMA SPEAKS...
2026 · Self
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
2022 · Self / Narrator
Our House
2015 · Director, Producer, Writer
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Self, Director
O Sembene!
2013 · Director
Tell Me Who You Are
2009 · Writer, Director
Le temps
1995 · Producer, Director, Writer
Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé
1991
Ouaga
1988
Yeelen
1987 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Wind
1983 · Director, Writer, Producer
Les chanteurs traditionnels des îles Seychelles
1978 · Director
Work
1978 · Director, Writer
The Young Girl
1975 · Director, Script, Dialogue
Five Days in a Life
1973 · Director, Writer
Postgraduate
1969 · Director
Sources of Inspiration
1968 · Director
Séries (0)
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