France / 2011 / 52mins / Documentary / French

Edited in 2011 from super-8 films, the footage for this documentary was shot in 1992. At the time, Ousmane Sembène was just finishing Guelwaar, his comedy based on a true story concerning the conflict between the Muslim and Christian communities in Senegal. Pandemonium breaks out when the corpse of a Catholic villager, nicknamed "Guelwaar" or “Noble One”, is mistakenly buried in a Muslim cemetery.

Christine Delorme

Christine Delorme was a screenwriter, filmmaker, and producer for the French radio station, France Culture. Her work interrogated different worlds, with no apparent ties, that she succeeds in bringing together to reveal unexpected connections. Her meeting with Ousmane Sembène at FESPACO (Ougagadougou) in 1985 resulted in her film, Ousmane Sembène, tout à la fois; widely shown in Europe, the documentary is one of the rare instances where the African master allowed himself to be captured on film. Other works include a doctorate at Paris 8 University on French producer, Humbert Balsan. Delorme passed away in 2021. Learn More