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In precolonial Senegal, members of the Ceddo (or “outsiders”) kidnap Princess Dior Yacine (Tabata Ndiaye) after her father, the king, pledges loyalty to an ascendant Islamic faction that plans to convert the entire clan to its faith. Attempts to recapture her fail, provoking further division and eventual war between the animistic Ceddo and the fundamentalist Muslims, with Christian missionaries and slave traders from Europe also playing a role in the conflict. Banned in Senegal upon its release, Ceddo is an ambitious, multilayered epic that explores the combustible tensions among ancient tradition, religious colonization, political expediency, and individual freedom. (Criterion)
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It is surprising how good a film can come from Senegal. That’s also partly because I wasn't very aware that films were being made or are made in Senegal. This one is definitely worth watching because it shows that it is possible to make films in different areas and with different characters. Unsurprisingly, the film looks good.
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