Souleymane Cissé, father of African cinema, dead at 84
Thu, February 20, 2025 | Egypt
"Papa died today in Bamako. We are all in shock. He dedicated all his life to his country, to cinema and to art", Mariam Cissé said. Cissé won the jury's prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for "Yeelen" ("Brightness"), which draws on legends from west Africa's Bambara people and was the first African film to win an award at Cannes. ...
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