Souleymane Cissé (21 April 1940 – 19 February 2025) 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". He was the first director from sub-Saharan Africa to receive an award, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987, for “Yeelen”, he was awarded the Golden Coach in 2023. Description above from the Wikipedia article Souleymane Cissé, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Souleymane Cissé was a pioneering Malian film director and a foundational figure of first-generation African cinema.
He is best known for directing acclaimed features such as Yeelen and Baara, earning international recognition at the Cannes Film Festival.
He made history as the first sub-Saharan African director to receive an award at the Cannes Film Festival and was later honored with the Golden Coach in 2023.
