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Souleymane Cissé

Malian film director

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born: 1940
died: 2025
age at death: 84
known for: film director, screenwriter, film producer

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who souleymane cissé is

Souleymane Cissé was a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers. He was called "Africa's greatest living filmmaker" while his film Yeelen has been called "conceivably the greatest African film ever made".

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