Ceddo

1h 57m
Drama
6.7

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.

Cast

Mamadou Dioumé
Prince Biram
Ousmane Sembène
Ibrahima
Tabata Ndiaye
Princess Dior
Moustapha Yade
Madir Fatim Fall
Ismaila Diagne
The Kidnapper
Matoura Dia
The King
Omar Gueye
Jaraaf (as Oumar Gueye)
Nar Modou
Saxewar
Ousmane Camara
Diogomay

Crew

Ousmane Sembène
Director, Writer
Florence Eymon
Editor
Georges Carestan
Director of Photography
Manu Dibango
Original Music Composer

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