Essential Cinema: Century of Sembène
CEDDO
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Senegal, 1977, 2h 0min, DCP, In French and Wolof with English subtitles
There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.
Ousmane Sembène depicts a conflict in pre-colonial Senegal between two factions, the animistic Ceddo forces and an Islamic group that seeks conversion of the clan. A highly ambitious and layered film.
