Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
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.
Berlin International Film Festival 1977
Moscow International Film Festival 1977
Edinburgh International Film Festival 1977
Cast: Mamadou Dioumé, Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne, Matoura Dia, Omar Gueye, Nar Modou, Ousmane Camara, Alioune Fall, Makhouredia Gueye, Mamadou Sy, Mody Gueye, Samba Touré, Serigne Ndiaye Gonzales, Pierre Orma, Eloi Coly, Marek Tollik, Clarice Diop, Gouré, Raymond Hermantier
Writer: Ousmane Sembène (Writer)
Cinematographer: Georges Carestan, Bara Diokhane
Production Designer: Alpha W. Diallo
Editors: Florence Eymon, Dominique Blain
Sound Designer: Moustapha Gueye, El Hadj M'Bow
Composer: Manu Dibango
Direction team: Moussa Bathily (Assistant Director), Ousmane William Mbaye (Assistant Director), Merry Sané (Script Supervisor)
Production: Filmi Domirev, Ministère de la Coopération
