Directing
Souleymane Cissé
1940 · Bamako, Mali
17 films
Bio
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".
Filmography
Our House
Director
Tell Me Who You Are2009
Tell Me Who You Are
Director
Yeelen
Director
The Young Girl
Director
The Wind
Writer
Work
Writer
O Sembene!
Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
Postgraduate1969
Postgraduate
Director
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
Self / Narrator
WHEN CINEMA SPEAKS...
Self
Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé