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3
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Actor
Souleymane Cissé
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 11Series: 0Crew credits: 9
TMDB ID: 1075658
IMDb ID: nm0162878
Known for: Directing
Born: April 21, 1940
Age: 85
Place of birth: Bamako, Mali
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2022
Years active: 50
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q1248110
Also known as
Сулейман Сиссе • 술레이만 시세 • 슐레이만 시세
Other jobs
Director (7)Producer (1)Writer (1)
Biography
Souleymane Cissé (1940-2025) was 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.
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Movie credits linked with Souleymane Cissé.
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
as Self / Narrator
2022 Movie
Our House
Director
2015 Movie
4.0
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
2014 Movie
O Sembene!
Director
2013 Movie
5.8
Time
Producer
1995 Movie
Cinéastes de notre temps : Souleymane Cissé
1991 Movie
6.6
Yeelen
Director
1987 Movie
5.9
The Wind
Director
1983 Movie
6.4
Work
Writer
1978 Movie
6.2
The Young Girl
Director
1975 Movie
Five Days in a Life
Director
1973 Movie