The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
36 audience votes
Key crew
- Ousmane SembèneDirector
- Ousmane SembèneWriter
- Manu DibangoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mamadou DiouméPrince Biram Ngone Thioub
- Tabata NdiayePrincess Dior Yacine
- Moustapha YadeMadir Fatim Fall
- Ismaila DiagneCeddo Kidnapper
- Matoura DiaKing
- Omar GueyeJaraaf the King's Mediator
- Nar ModouMugis / Saxewar the Warrior
- Ousmane CamaraFara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane
- Alioune FallFall the Seed of the Dynasty
- Makhouredia GueyeKing Demba War Thioub
- Mamadou SyCast
- Mody GueyeCast
Stills
Themes
muslimkidnappingjihadpaganismslave tradetribal warfarereligious intolerance17th centuryreligious persecutionreligious freedomafrican christianitytraditional values