Djibril Diop Mambéty Movies

  • 1973
    Touki Bouki

    Touki Bouki

    Touki Bouki

    6.71973HD

    Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.

    Touki Bouki
  • 1992
    Hyenas

    Hyenas

    Hyenas

    71992HD

    A now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years...

    Hyenas
  • 1999
    The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun

    The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun

    The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun

    6.71999HD

    A young girl with a physical disability arrives in Dakar and challenges the convention of boys selling newspapers on the street.

    The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
  • 1969
    City of Contrasts

    City of Contrasts

    City of Contrasts

    61969HD

    A fictional documentary that portrays the city of Dakar, Senegal, as we hear the conversation between a Senegalese man (the director, Djibril Diop...

    City of Contrasts
  • 1994
    Le Franc

    Le Franc

    Le Franc

    61994HD

    A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door, in hopes of eventually retrieving his instrument from his...

    Le Franc
  • 1964
    The Death Knell

    The Death Knell

    The Death Knell

    101964HD

    At the beginning of the 1960s, in Salisbury (now Harare), in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the government of Ian Smith hanged three black...

    The Death Knell
  • 1971
    Fight in Vain

    Fight in Vain

    Fight in Vain

    01971HD

    Paul lives in Africa. He leads an honest and calm existence. Until the day when he finds his friend Frankovich dead.

    Fight in Vain
  • 1996
    Grandma's Grammar

    Grandma's Grammar

    Grandma's Grammar

    01996HD

    Documentary about Djibril Diop Mambety.

    Grandma's Grammar
  • 1991
    Ninki Nanka, The Prince of Colobane

    Ninki Nanka, The Prince of Colobane

    Ninki Nanka, The Prince of Colobane

    01991HD

    In April and May 1991, Djibril Diop Mambéty shot his second—and final—feature, Hyenas, a free, lyrical adaptation of Friedrich...

    Ninki Nanka, The Prince of Colobane
  • 1970
    Badou Boy

    Badou Boy

    Badou Boy

    5.71970HD

    Badou Boy, a cheeky young man, travels through the streets of Dakar on the city buses and experiences adventures.

    Badou Boy
  • 1991
    10,000 Years of Cinema

    10,000 Years of Cinema

    10,000 Years of Cinema

    01991HD

    This documentary offers the reflections of filmmakers shot at FESPACO 1991. Djibril Diop Mambéty, David Achkar, Moussa Sene Absa, Mambaye...

    10,000 Years of Cinema
  • 1989
    The Making of Yaaba

    The Making of Yaaba

    The Making of Yaaba

    01989HD

    Djibril Diop Mambéty followed and filmed the shooting of Yaaba, Idrissa Ouédraogo's second feature film. A documentary full of humorous...

    The Making of Yaaba
  • 2002
    Mambéty

    Mambéty

    Mambéty

    02002HD

    Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambéty, one of the greatest figures in all of African film, died in 1998. In this behind-the-scenes...

    Mambéty