1977 · drama · history
Ceddo
Directed by Ousmane Sembène1h 57m1977
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.
Our read: Ceddo (1977) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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