Query: Films about the Serer people or the Haitian Revolution or Senegalese drama films
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Félicité (2017 film)
Lydia Bailey
Kaddu Beykat
Toussaint Louverture (film)
Reassemblage (film)
Mossane
Father & Soldier
The Pirogue
Nafi's Father
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Guelwaar
Xala
Evidence from documents: Félicité (2017 film): '''''Félicité''''' is a 2017 Senegalese drama film set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and directed by Alain Gomis. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, the film won the Jury Grand Prix award. At the 2017 Africa Movie Academy Awards, it won six awards which is the highest for a film in the history of the award ceremony, including categories for best film, best actress, best supporting actor, best editing, best soundtrack and best film in an African language.
Lydia Bailey: Haiti is in turmoil because Napoleon Bonaparte is trying to reclaim control of the island.
Kaddu Beykat: Centred on a romance, it chronicles the daily lives of people in a rural Senegalese village.
Toussaint Louverture (film): '''''Toussaint Louverture''''' is a 2012 French film written and directed by Philippe Niang. It stars Jimmy Jean-Louis, Aïssa Maïga and Sonia Rolland and is based on the life of Toussaint Louverture.


The film premiered at the 2012 Festival de Luchon. It won the ''Best Diaspora Feature'' award at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards.
* Jimmy Jean-Louis as Toussaint Louverture

* Aïssa Maïga as Suzanne

* Arthur Jugnot as Pasquier
* Pierre Cassignard as général de division Étienne Maynaud de Bizefranc de Laveaux
* Éric Viellard as Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
* Magloire Delcros-Varaud as Mars Plaisir
* Féodor Atkine as général de division Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga
* Ruddy Sylaire as Georges Biassou
* Giovanni Grangerac as Infant Hyacinthe Moïse
* Yann Ebonge as Hyacinthe Moïse
* Thierry Desroses as Henri Christophe
* Hubert Koundé as Jean-Jacques Dessalines

* Philippe Caroit as Bayon
* Sonia Rolland as Marie-Eugénie Sonthonax
* Stany Coppet as Brigadier general André Rigaud
* Virginie Desarnauts as Catherine Delambre
* Alex Martin as Mulatto officer

* Mabô Kouyaté as Placide
* Joffrey Platel as général de division Charles Leclerc
* Xavier Lemaître as Marquis d'Hermona

* Thomas Langmann as Napoleon
* Valérie Mairesse as Mother Coulinge
Reassemblage (film): The film is a montage of fleeting images, sounds, and music from Senegal and includes no narration, although there are occasional statements by Trinh T.
Mossane: '''''Mossane''''' is a 1996 Senegalese drama film directed by Safi Faye. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Father & Soldier: '''''Father & Soldier''''' () is a 2022 French-Senegalese war-drama film
The Pirogue: '''''The Pirogue''''' () is a 2012 Senegalese drama film
Nafi's Father: '''''Nafi's Father''''' is a 2019 Senegalese drama film
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love: '''''Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love''''' is a 2008 documentary film directed by filmmaker Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi that chronicles Senegalese icon Youssou N'Dour as he releases his Grammy Award-winning album ''Egypt'' and works to promote a more tolerant view of Islam. The film features musical superstar/activists Bono and Peter Gabriel. The documentary screened at festivals internationally including the Telluride Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival in 2008, winning numerous audience awards as well the Special Jury Prize at the Middle East International Film Festival in 2008 and a nomination for the Pare Lorentz Award at the International Documentary Association Awards in 2009. The film premiered in New York City as the opening night of Brooklyn Academy of Music's Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas Festival in 2009, and opened in theaters in the US and internationally to much acclaim. The film's soundtrack was released by Nonesuch Records in 2010.
Guelwaar: '''''Guelwaar''''' is a 1993 French-Senegalese drama film
Xala: '''''Xala''''' (, Wolof for "temporary sexual impotence") is a 1975 Senegalese film