Souleymane CisséAlso known as: (Сулейман Сиссе, 술레이만 시세, 슐레이만 시세)

Apr 21, 1940
Bamako, Mali

Souleymane Cissé is a Malian film director. In 1975 he shot Den Muso (The Young Girl), the first full length Malian feature in the Bambara language. It was immediately banned by the government. Then followed Baara (Work) in 1977, Finyè (The Wind) in 1981, and Yeelen (Brightness), Prix du Jury in Cannes in 1987.

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