Souleymane Cissé
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Souleymane Cissé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Date of Birth
Apr 21, 1940
Place of Birth
Bamako, Mali
Date of Death
Feb 19, 2025
Gender
Male
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Credits
Directing
20151h 36 min
201431 min
201356 min
20092h 15 min
Writing
Acting
Production
Crew
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