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Directed by master Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, Ceddo explores the tensions between tradition, religion, colonization, and freedom.
In precolonial Senegal, the Ceddo (meaning “the outsiders” or non-Muslims) attempt to preserve their traditions against a rising Islamic faction. When the local king sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter to protest their forced conversion to Islam. The local Imam seizes power by toppling the king and killing Christian slave-traders. But the conflict continues when the princess forms an alliance with her abductors, altering the balance of power once again. Ceddo was banned in Sembène’s native Senegal for its depiction of the conflict between religion and traditional beliefs. In Wolof, Arabic, English, and Dyula with English subtitles. (117 mins., 4K DCP)
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Ceddo, courtesy of Janus Films.
Restored in 4K in 2023 by Janus Films/the Criterion Collection.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema.
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