As Actor, As Director
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
4.0
Souleymane Cissé
Acting
Birth Date
April 21, 1940
Place of Birth
Bamako, Mali
Biography
Souleymane Cissé is 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.
