Camp de Thiaroye [The Camp at Thiaroye]

Dir. Ousmane Sembène and Thierno Faty Sow, 1988

Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia

Introduced by actor Sidiki Bakaba

This historic epic is the first Pan-African film produced without European technical assistance or co-financing. After having fought in the French army during the Second World War, Senegalese soldiers rebel when, instead of being repatriated to their villages, they find themselves quartered in a prison-like transit camp outside of Dakar. Under Sembène’s masterful direction, the film draws a sinister picture of a true tale of oppression, and the cost of being caught between two cultures.

6.30pm

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Image: Camp de Thiaroye [The Camp at Thiaroye], 1988 (dir. Ousmane Sembène and Thierno Faty Sow). Courtesy Doriane Films.