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The Wagoner (1963)19 minDramaRating 66/100

A witty yet forlorn portrait of a down-on-his-luck wagoner, Ousmane Sembène’s imaginative short starkly observes the economic disparity that haunts a newly independent Senegal. As the wagon circles around a sun-drenched Dakar, its movement embodies the inescapable cycle of life, death, and poverty.

Cast: Ly Abdoulay, Albourah

Director: Ousmane Sembène