By Claire Moses Souleymane Cissé, an award-winning writer and director who became the first Black African filmmaker to win the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, died on Wednesday in Bamako ...

FILE - Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cisse films the arrival of mourners at a memorial service for Senegalese filmmaker Sembene Ousmane in Dakar, Senegal, June 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell ...

Celebrated Malian director Souleymane Cissé, who was the first sub-Saharan African director to win a major award at Cannes with 1987 Jury Prize winner Yeelen (Brightness), died Wednesday at the ...

Malian director Souleymane Cissé, the African cinema pioneer who over five decades gained prominence for works infused with deep humanism and political engagement, died on Wednesday. He was 84.

Standing, from left, are: French producer Gilbert de Goldschmidt, Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, Malian director Souleymane Cisse and French art director Henri Alekan. Credit: AP/J.

BAMAKO – Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé ... Tributes poured in for Cisse, whose trailblazing work on the silver screen across more than half a century was marked by a commitment to African ...

FILE - Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cisse films the arrival of mourners at a memorial service for Senegalese filmmaker Sembene Ousmane in Dakar, Senegal, June 11, 2007. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84, Malian television announced Wednesday. The cause of ...