Documentary directed by Samba Félix Ndiaye.

Ngor, l'esprit des lieux

The Bamako Express takes more than 36 hours to connect Dakar to Bamako, about 1200 kilometers. During this crossing from West to East, multiple images of the African continent, legendary places, great rivers, arid landscapes, pass before the eyes of travellers, while the train itself appears as the center of incessant activity: cohabitation between Malians and Senegalese who live, sleep and trade together.

Dakar-Bamako

An investigation and reflection on the figure of the Senegalese poet and politician Léopold Sédar Senghor. The filmmaker collects his memories, explores his own memory and that of his family to write a “letter” to Léopold Sédar Senghor the poet, the academician, but also the former head of state of Senegal. Words and images are addressed to the ancestor, the grandfather in the African sense of the term, the one to whom we can tell everything, the most secret words, the most sincere confidences like the most biting pikes. , provided you know how to respect the codes that allow this game of truth.

Lettre à Senghor

Rwanda For Memory (Rwanda pour mémoire) is a 2003 documentary film about the Rwandan Genocide. Facing up to the scars left by the genocide, Samba Felix N’Diaye manages to find just the right sense of distance to film the inexpressible while nevertheless communicating a message of hope.