Faat-Kine

Starring: Venus Seye, Iprahima Sane, Boubacar Omar Payane, Tabara Ndiaye, Mame Ndumbie Diop, Mariame Balde, Awe Sene Sarr

Director: Ousmane Sembene
Release Date: March 28th, 2001
Studio: New Yorker Films
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Synopsis: Dakar has shantytowns as well as high-rises, streets crowded with cattle as well as Mercedes, and women whose lives have been shaped by tribal custom and male prejudice as much by their cutting-edge aspirations. Faat-Kine is a single mother with two children, two ex-husbands, a pushy mother and assorted friends. She is the manager of a sparkling new gas station, but her success has been hard-bought. Nonetheless, she values her control over her own life, and tries to balance modernity with tradition.