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Ceddo

1978 · 117 min Drama
6.7 / 10 · TMDB

The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam.

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Year 1978
Country Senegal
Genre Drama
Director Ousmane Sembène
Runtime 117 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.7/10 (34 votes)

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Ousmane Sembène crafts a profound and visually striking epic that is as much a philosophical inquiry as it is a historical drama. The conflict over faith and freedom is presented with stark clarity and compelling narrative force.

What lingers after the final frame is a deep sense of the cost of cultural erosion and the fierce resilience of the human spirit. The film’s questions about power, belief, and autonomy remain urgently relevant. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Ousmane Sembène

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