Souleymane Cissé

Date of birth

21 Apr 1940

87 years ago at Bamako, Mali

Also Known As

Сулейман Сиссе
술레이만 시세
슐레이만 시세

Souleymane Cissé (1940-2025) was 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.

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