THEME EXPLORATION
oral tradition
35 films · 3 directors
Tracing the thread…
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Souleymane Cissé
Mali · Bamako
Cinema of ritual and resistance—images that honor time, memory, and the sacred within the political.
Ousmane Sembène SenegaleseDecolonizing cinema through vernacular storytelling and African perspectives on history and resistance.
Sergei Parajanov Soviet Union/ArmeniaHis visually poetic films transform folklore and oral narratives into surreal visual storytelling, treating cultural memory as living, breathing art.