Souleymane Cissé
Souleymane Cissé | |
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.jpg) Cissé in 2018 | |
| Born | 21 April 1940 |
| Died | 19 February 2025 (aged 84) Bamako, Mali |
| Occupation(s) | Movie director, screenwriter |
Souleymane Cissé (21 April 1940 – 19 February 2025) was a Malian movie director and screenwriter. He was thought to be one of the first generation of African filmmakers.[1] He was called "Africa's greatest living filmmaker".[2] His movie Yeelen has been called "the greatest African [movie] ever made."[3]
Other movies that he directed were Den muso (1975), Baara (1978), Finye (1982), Waati (1995) and Tell Me Who You Are (2009).
Career
[change | change source]His career began as an assistant projectionist for a documentary on the arrest of Patrice Lumumba. He studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.[4]
He was the first director from sub-Saharan Africa to receive an award at the Cannes Film Festival.[5] He was honored in 1987 for Yeelen. He was awarded the Carrosse d'Or from the Cannes Film Festival in 2023.[5] In April 2024, it was reported that Cissé's Carrosse d'Or award was stolen in Mali.[6]
Cissé was president of UCECAO, the Union of Creators and Entrepreneurs of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of Western Africa. His younger brother is movie director Alioune Ifra Ndiaye.[7]
Death
[change | change source]Cissé died on 19 February 2025 at a hospital in Bamako, Mali at the age of 84.[8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "African master: The films of Souleymane Cissé". bostonphoenix.com. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ "To Save and Project: The 18th MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation" (PDF). moma.org. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ↑ "Brightness (Yeleen)". Chicago Reader. 2002-01-03. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
- ↑ "Souleymane CISSE". Festival de Cannes 2021 (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-13.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Hommage à Souleymane Cissé, pionnier du cinéma africain". rfi.fr (in French). 2025-02-25. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ↑ Ikeh, Goddy (2024-05-02). "Filmmaker Souleymance Cisse's 'Carrosse d'Or' disappears in Mali". APAnews. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ↑ Cessou, Sabine (11 September 2017). "Alioune Ifra Ndiaye : de la scène à l'engagement politique". Afrique Magazine (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ↑ "DISPARITION Le réalisateur malien Souleymane Cissé, l'un des pères du cinéma africain, est mort". rfi.fr - Radio France International. 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
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