STORY: For photographer Amy Saar, a roll of film and her vintage Pentax camera are the best way to capture Senegal's capital city. "I find that Dakar looks great with certain colored films because ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - To capture the harsh reality of life in Senegal, film director Mati Diop chose young people she met at building sites, bars and in Dakar's poorer suburbs as the stars of 'Atlantics', ...

Senegal has selected French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop’s Golden Bear-winning contemporary doc Dahomey as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. Dahomey had ...

DAKAR, July 11 (Reuters) - (This July 11 story has been corrected to say that the business has two owners, not just Aubert, in paragraph 4) From a concrete jetty on Dakar's sun-baked coastline, ...

“Io Capitano” in a small auditorium in the outskirts of Senegal's capital Dakar. The crowd has spent two hours following a pair of Senegalese teenagers as they risk their lives to reach Europe, facing ...

Paris-based Algerian filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb's latest film reverses the idea of "Roots" and follows the fortunes of a 65-year-old Senegalese from his African home to Harlem, where he manages to ...

“Little Senegal,” a 2001 Algerian-French-German film directed by Rachid Bouchareb, will be screened Friday, Sept. 6, as part of the International Film Series. The series is co-sponsored by the United ...

Senegal has selected Mati Diop’s “Atlantics” as the country’s official entry for the best international feature film category at the 92nd Academy Awards. “Atlantics” premiered in competition at this ...

Senegal has selected Mati Diop's debut feature 'Atlantics' to be its 2020 Oscar contender in the best international feature film category. By Scott Roxborough Senegal has picked Mati Diop‘s Cannes ...