SENEGAL · 1993

Guelwaar

Ousmane Sembène
Senegalese Cinema religious conflict colonial legacy political activism community division funeral rites
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Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor.

Year1993
CountrySenegal
DirectorOusmane Sembène
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