Camp de Thiaroye

Sembène Ousmane et Thierno Faty Sow (1988)

A semi-autobiographical film set near the end of World War II in which black soldiers are returning from Europe.

These soldiers had been instrumental in the liberation of Paris and were greeted as heroes by the French for their bravery, but once out of the public eye they are no longer treated as equals within the French Empire.

French and Wolof dialogue (no subtitles).

FR FILM 155(DVD) On request