Souleymane Cissé (film director)
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Souleymane Cissé (born April 21, 1940) is a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers.[1] He has been called "Africa's greatest living filmmaker"[2] while his film Yeelen has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made."[3]
Biography
Born in
His film career began as an assistant
In 1970 he returned to Mali, and joined the Ministry of Information as a
In 1974, Cissé produced his first full-length film in the
In 1982, Cissé produced Finyé (Wind), which tells the story of dissatisfied Malian youth rising up against the establishment. This earned him his second Yenenga's Talon, at 1983's Fespaco.
Between 1984 and 1987, he produced
In 1995, he produced Waati (Time), which competed for the Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[9]
In 2009, he filmed a comedy that talks about polygamy, inspired by his father, when he, his eight brothers, and his sister should leave their house in 1988. In the film, O Ka (Our House), he reminded the legal battle of his sisters when they were expelled from their house in Bamako.[4]
Cissé is president of UCECAO, the
Legacy and style
Souleymane Cissé is one of the most recognized African filmmaker of the twentieth century, and his work exemplifies the development of social realism in African cinema, including its eventual movement towards the recovery of tradition.[1]
Cissé has also been called "a master of complex storytelling, preserving the mysterious in the mundane." His films have been known for their uncompromising depictions of military violence, abuse of money and power, trade unionism, and the enduring stranglehold of patriarchal traditions over Bamako's women and youth.[2]
Filmography
- L’aspirant (short film, 1968)
- Source d’inspiration (short film, 1968)
- Dégal à Dialloubé (1970)
- Fête du Sanké (1971)
- Cinq jours d’une vie (1972)
- Den muso (1975)
- L’homme et ses idoles (short film, 1975)
- Baara (1978)
- Chanteurs traditionnels des Iles Seychelles (1978)
- Finye (1982)
- Yeelen (1987)
- Waati (1995)
- Tell Me Who You Are (2009)
- O Sembene! (2013)
- Our House (2015)
References
- ^ a b "African master: The films of Souleymane Cissé". bostonphoenix.com. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ^ a b "To Save and Project: The 18th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation" (PDF). moma.org. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ^ chicagoreader (2002-01-03). "Brightness (Yeleen)". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- ^ a b "Souleymane Cissé, le doyen du cinéma africain à Cannes". RFI (in French). 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ^ a b "Souleymane CISSE". Festival de Cannes 2021 (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ^ "Il Cinema Ritrovato 2019: Who put the Pan in Pan African cinema?". davidbordwell.net. 2019-07-07. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Yeelen". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "Between Ethnography and Fiction: Films by Jean Rouch in Francophone Africa". Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Waati". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
- ^ Cessou, Sabine (11 September 2017). "Alioune Ifra Ndiaye : de la scène à l'engagement politique". Afrique Magazine (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
External links
- Souleymane Cissé at IMDb