Ceddo

A Wolof-speaking village at an unspecified time in the past. The Ceddo (the non-Moslems) have kidnapped the Princess Dior Yacine in protest against forcible conversion to Islam. Her kidnapper kills first the king’s heir and then her betrothed, who have been sent to her rescue. In the ensuing council the Ceddo express their sorrow but the Imam violently opposes them. The King rebukes the Imam for going beyond his duty though important councilors support him.They plot to install the Imam on the throne and marry the Princess to him. When the King dies from a snake bite, the Imam succeeds him and the village prepares for the mass conversion to Islam. Two warriors are sent to liberate the Princess and they kill her kidnapper. When she sees the Imam on her father’s throne, she seizes a rifle and kills him.
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Script: Ousmane Sembene, based on the novel by Ousmane Sembene
Cinematography: Georges Caristan
Editing: Florence Eymon
Sound: El Hadji M’Bow
Music: Manu Dibango
Actors: Tabara N’Diaye (Princess Dior Yacine), Moustapha Yade (Madi Faim Fall), Ismaila Diagne (the kidnapper), Goure (the imam), Makhouredia Gueye (The King), Oumar Gueye (Jaraaf), Mamadou Diagne (Prince Bir
Production: Les Films Domirev
Producers: Robert Loko
Co-production: Ministere Cooperation
Art Direction: Alpha W. Diallo
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Senegal, France
Production Year: 1976
Duration: 120
Contact: La Mediatheque des Trois Mondes, FranceT. +33 1 4234 9900F. +33 1 4234 9901cine3mondes@wanadoo.fr

Ousmane Sembene

He was born in 1923 and died in 2007. He is a Senegalese writer, chronicler and film director, best-known for his historical- political works with strong social comment. In the 1960s he developed an interest in the cinema and went to the Gorki Institute in Moscow to study film production. His Black Girl was the first film ever produced by an African filmmaker and won the Jean Vigo Award at the Cannes IFF 1966. He often turned his short stories and novels into films. During his career as a director, he received several international awards and his films were immensely popular in Africa.

Filmography

1963 Borom Sarret/The Cart Driver (short)
1963 L’Empire Songhai/The Songhai Empire (short doc.)
1964 Niaye (short)
1966 La Noire de.../Black Girl
1968 Mandabi/The Money Order
1969 (Traumatisme de la femme face a la) polygamie/
Women and the Trauma of Polygamy (doc.)
1969 Probleme de l’emploi a.k.a. Les Derives du chomage/
Unemployment Problems (doc)
1970 Tauw (short)
1971 Emitai/God of Thunder
1972 Jeux Olympiques de Munich/The Munich Olympic Games (doc.)
1974 Xala/The Curse
1976 Ceddo
1988 Camp de Thiaroye/Camp Thiaroye
1992 Guelwaar
1999 L’heroisme au quotidian/Daily Heroism (short)
2000 Faat Kine
2004 Moolaade