Camp Thiaroye
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ousmane Sembene
Ibrahima Sane
Sijiri Bakaba
Jean-daniel Simon
Mohamed Dansoko Camara
Gustave Sorgho
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a transit camp awaiting pay and demobilization, after fighting alongside the French during World War II, Senegalese soldiers are cheated out of half their pay. In the ensuing rebellion, the white racist officers massacre the black veterans.
Cast
Ibrahima Sane
Sijiri Bakaba
Jean-daniel Simon
Mohamed Dansoko Camara
Gustave Sorgho
Gaston Ouedraogo
Gabriel Zahon
Casimir Zoba
Pierre Orma
Ismaila Cisse
Ababacar Sy Cisse
Moussa Cissoko
Eloi Coly
Ismaila Lo
Pierre Londiche
Camara Med Dansogho
El Hadg Ndiaye
Thierno Ndiaye
Oumarou Nieno
Daniel Odimbossoukou
Koffi Saturnin Zinga
John Peterson
Marcel Duplouy
Gerard Maxent
Robert Morgan
Charles Estifian
Eric Dudoit
Laurent Kuntz
Adama Sambou
Innocence Coly
Andre Massoni
Philippe Chamelat
Lamine Mane
Leopoldine Robert
Marie Eve Bienvenu Duplouy
Sidiki Bakaba
Crew
Tommaso Albinoni
Thior Amadou
Mustapha Ben Jemia
Nadia Bensekhar
Rachid Bouafia
Andre Claveau
Ouzid Dahmane
Ouzid Dahmane
Clarence Thomas Delgado
Lakhdar Derragi
Captain Abdoulaye Diallo
Makhete Diallo
El Had Abdoulaye Diouf
Belkassen El Kessi
Ismail Lakhdar Hamina
Hechmi Joulak
Ismaila Lo
Mamadou Mbengue
Papa Wongue Mbengue
Leo Morjane
Deba Ndiaye
Charlie Parker
Kahena Attia Riveill
Ibrahima Sane
Ousmane Sembene
Thierno Faty Sow
Charles Trenet
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1988
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States April 18, 1989
Released in United States Fall September 5, 1990
Released in United States February 1989
Released in United States March 1, 1991
Released in United States March 1989
Released in United States September 1989
Released in United States September 6, 1988
Due to its controversial subject matter, the film was turned down by the 1988 Cannes Film Festival committee.
Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Forum of Young Cinema) February 11, 20 & 21, 1989.
Shown at Festival of Pan-African Cinema (FESPACO) March 1989.
Shown at London Film Festival November 26, 1988.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 24 - September 4, 1988.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 30 - May 13, 1990.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 10 & 12, 1989.
Released in United States 1988 (Due to its controversial subject matter, the film was turned down by the 1988 Cannes Film Festival committee.)
Released in United States February 1989 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (Forum of Young Cinema) February 11, 20 & 21, 1989.)
Released in United States March 1989 (Shown at Festival of Pan-African Cinema (FESPACO) March 1989.)
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 30 - May 13, 1990.)
Released in United States March 1, 1991
Released in United States April 18, 1989 (Shown at AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival April 18, 1989.)
Released in United States September 1989 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 10 & 12, 1989.)
Released in United States Fall September 5, 1990
Released in United States September 6, 1988 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) September 6, 1988.)
Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) September 6, 1988.
