Souleymane Cissé
Souleymane Cissé | |
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Cissé in 2018 | |
| Born | 21 April 1940 Bamako, French Sudan, French West Africa |
| 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
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
Cissé died on 19 February 2025 at a hospital in Bamako, Mali at the age of 84.[8]
References
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ↑ Cessou, Sabine (11 September 2017). "Alioune Ifra Ndiaye : de la scène à l'engagement politique". Afrique Magazine (in French). Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. 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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