Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Cheick Oumar Sissoko (1955, Bamako) studied African history and sociology and then film at the Lumière Centre. His first two features made him a spokesman for politically committed film-making in Mali. After the change of government, he took over the directorship of the Lumière Centre.
Filmography
Ecole Malienne (1982, short), Les audiothèques rurales (1983, short), Sécheresse et exode rural (1984, short), Nyamanton ou la leçon des ordures (1987), Finzan (1991), Etre jeune à Bamako (1992), L'Afrique bouge (1992, short), Problèmatique de la malnutrition (1993), Guimba - un tyran, une époque (1995), La femme dans la lutte contre l'apartheid (1997, short), La genèse (1999), Bàttu (2000)