Souleymane Cissé
April 21, 1940 (84 years old) in Bamako, Mali
Souleymane Cissé is a Malian film director. In 1975 he shot Den Muso (The Young Girl), the first full length Malian feature in the Bambara language. It was immediately banned by the government. Then followed Baara (Work) in 1977, Finyè (The Wind) in 1981, and Yeelen (Brightness), Prix du Jury in Cannes in 1987.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé as Self / Narrator
- 2014 · Henri Langlois vu par... as Self
- 1993 · Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé as
- 1988 · Ouaga as