About

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Place of birth:
Dakar, Senegal
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Moussa Sène Absa

Overview

Moussa Sène Absa was born in 1958 in Senegal. After starting a career as an actor, he has won awards for his short films, documentaries, and features. He is also a painter and author. He exemplifies the “homo senegalensis”, an ideal of an artist, which was dear to Léopold Sédar Senghor, rooted in tradition but fully willing to use what the Western world has to offer. Ironically, Absa is more famous internationally than he is in his own country despite exposure to a large audience in Senegal through the TV series Goorgoorlu, written by TT Fons and produced by the national Senegalese television (RTS). His first film Le Prix du mensonge (The Price of Lies) earned him the Tanit d'Argent (Silver Tanit) at the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage (Carthage Film Festival) in 1988. Tableau Ferraille, released in 1996, earned him several awards including Best Cinematography at FESPACO in 1997. (Source: Through African Eyes - Dialogues with the Directors, BONETTI Mahen and REDDY Prerana (Editors), 2003, African Film Festival, Inc. and Printinfo JV LLC, Yerevan, Armenia, p.84)

Known for

Acting
2002 (Paris: XY) Actor 58
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2001 And So Angels Die Actor Mory N/A
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1991 10,000 Years of Cinema Actor N/A
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Directing
2023 Xalé Directing Director 59
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2020 Black and White Directing Director N/A
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2010 Yoole, The Sacrifice Directing Director N/A
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2007 Téranga Blues Directing Director N/A
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2004 Ngoyaan, le chant de la séduction Directing Director N/A
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2002 Madame Brouette Directing Director 59
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2001 And So Angels Die Directing Director N/A
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1999 Blues pour une diva Directing Director N/A
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1998 Jëf Jël Directing Director N/A
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1997 Tableau Ferraille Directing Director 59
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1995 Yalla Yaana Directing Director N/A
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1994 Rocking Poponguine Directing Director 58
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1990 Ken Bugul Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2023 Xalé Writing Writer 59
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2004 Ngoyaan, le chant de la séduction Writing Writer N/A
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2002 Madame Brouette Writing Writer 59
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1997 Tableau Ferraille Writing Writer 59
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1994 Rocking Poponguine Writing Writer 58
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Sound
2023 Xalé Sound Original Music Composer 59
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Editing
1994 Rocking Poponguine Editing Editor 58
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