Senegal and USA / 2015 / 90mins / Documentary / English, French and Wolof

In the Spring of 2011, Senegal was pitched into crisis when President Abdoulaye Wade decided to change the constitution to allow for a third term. An artist-led youth movement erupted to protect one of Africa’s oldest and most stable democracies. In a time where democracy is under siege in many parts of the world, Incorruptible offers a positive, hopeful example while at the same time honestly examining the sustainability of a peoples’ movement, and the role that youth are taking in shaping the future of their own country.

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker. Most recently Vasarhelyi Directed and Produced Free Solo, which offers an intimate, unflinching portrait of rock climber Alex Honnold. The film was awarded a BAFTA, the 2019 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and seven Emmy Awards. Vasarhelyi’s other films as a director include Meru (Oscars Shortlist 2016; Sundance Audience Award 2015), Incorruptible (Truer Than Fiction Independent Spirit Award 2016); Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love (Oscilloscope, 2009), among other award winning films. Vasarhelyi has directed two New York Times OpDocs, two episodes of Netflix’s nonfiction design series Abstract and two episodes of ESPN’s nonfiction series Enhanced. She has received grants from the Sundance Institute, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Bertha Britdoc, the William and Mary Greve Foundation and the National Endowment of the Arts. She is a member of the DGA as well as AMPAS. She holds a B.A. in comparative literature from Princeton University and splits her time between New York City and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with her husband Jimmy Chin, their daughter, Marina, and son, James. Learn More