Tracing the thread…
Pioneered ethnographic cinema with extensive documentaries on Dogon rituals and ceremonies in Mali, most notably 'Les Maîtres fous' and his body of work studying Dogon spiritual practices.
Souleymane Cissé MaliMalian filmmaker whose works deeply explore West African spirituality and cultural ceremonies, with narratives grounded in the cosmology and ritual traditions of his own region.
Abderrahmane Sissako MaliMauritanian-Malian director whose poetic cinema examines African spiritual life and cultural memory, engaging with themes of ritual and ancestral connection prevalent in Saharan societies.