Niaye

Narrated by a village griot, it is the tragic tale of a thirteen year old girl whose pregnancy scandalizes her community. A visiting worker is accused of being responsible, but subsequently it is discovered that her own father, the village chief, is the culprit. Unable to face this act of incest, which the community strives to conceal from the French colonial administration, the mother of the girl commits suicide. The cousin of the village chief plots his assassination. The young mother is forced into exile.
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Script: Ousmane Sembene, based on the short story by Ousmane Sembene, Vehi-Ciosane
Cinematography: Georges Caristan
Editing: Andre Gaudier
Music: Fatou Casset, Keba Faye
Actors: Serigne Sow (the griot), Astou N’Diaye (the woman griot), Mame Dia (Ngone War Thiandum), Modou Sene (the soldier),the people of the village of Keur Haly Sarrata (the villagers)
Production: Les Films Domirev
Co-production: Les Actualites Francaises
Format: 35mm B&W
Production Country: Senegal-France
Production Year: 1964
Duration: 30

Ousmane Sembene

He was born in 1923 and died in 2007. He is a Senegalese writer, chronicler and film director, best-known for his historical- political works with strong social comment. In the 1960s he developed an interest in the cinema and went to the Gorki Institute in Moscow to study film production. His Black Girl was the first film ever produced by an African filmmaker and won the Jean Vigo Award at the Cannes IFF 1966. He often turned his short stories and novels into films. During his career as a director, he received several international awards and his films were immensely popular in Africa.

Filmography

1963 Borom Sarret/The Cart Driver (short)
1963 L’Empire Songhai/The Songhai Empire (short doc.)
1964 Niaye (short)
1966 La Noire de.../Black Girl
1968 Mandabi/The Money Order
1969 (Traumatisme de la femme face a la) polygamie/
Women and the Trauma of Polygamy (doc.)
1969 Probleme de l’emploi a.k.a. Les Derives du chomage/
Unemployment Problems (doc)
1970 Tauw (short)
1971 Emitai/God of Thunder
1972 Jeux Olympiques de Munich/The Munich Olympic Games (doc.)
1974 Xala/The Curse
1976 Ceddo
1988 Camp de Thiaroye/Camp Thiaroye
1992 Guelwaar
1999 L’heroisme au quotidian/Daily Heroism (short)
2000 Faat Kine
2004 Moolaade