Thierno Faty Sow

Thierno Faty Sow (Thiès, Senegal, 1941 – Dakar, 2009) was a Senegalese filmmaker, screenwriter and actor.

Biography

Born in 1941 in Thiès, Senegal, Sow studied filmmaking in Paris at the (CLCF) and subsequently worked in French and Senegalese television. He directed documentary shorts and three feature films on his own: Guereo, village de Djibril N'Diaye (1970), L'Option / Mon beau pays (1974), and L'Œil (1981). Sow is best known for the historical drama film Camp de Thiaroye about the Thiaroye massacre near Dakar on December 1, 1944, which he cowrote and codirected with Ousmane Sembène. It won the Grand Special Jury Prize at the 45th Venice International Film Festival in 1988.

Sow also performed as a movie actor in two feature films, Nuit africaine (1990) by Gérard Guillaume and cowriters Gaston Kaboré and Lapeyssonie, and Guelwaar (1992) by Ousmane Sembène.

Sow died from illness in Dakar on December 6, 2009.

Filmography

Sow's films include:

See also

• Cinema of Senegal
• List of Senegalese films

References

Bibliography

• Page 121.

External links

• . Video duration 1h 18m 22s. Uploader: Afrique Raconte Moi Paulina Gomis, 2014. "Camp de Thiaroye (également connu sous le nom Le Camp de Thiaroye) est un 1988 sénégalais guerre – film dramatique écrit et réalisé par Ousmane Sembene et Thierno Faty Sow. Le film est entré dans la compétition au 45e Festival International du Film de Venise, où il a remporté le prix spécial du jury. Le film dépeint le massacre de Thiaroye qui s'est passé en Thiaroye, Dakar, en 1944." *(Translation: Camp de Thiaroye (also known as Le Camp de Thiaroye) is a 1988 Senegalese war-drama film written and directed by Ousmane Sembene and Thierno Faty Sow. The film entered the competition of the 45th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize. The film depicts the Thiaroye massacre which happened in Thiaroye, Dakar, in 1944.) Full movie in French and Wolof language.