Acting
Mbissine Thérèse Diop
Born January 1, 1949 · Dakar, Senegal (age 77)
Mbissine Thérèse Diop is a Senegalese actress, known for Black Girl (1966), Emitaï (1971) and Cuties (2020).
Known For
Cuties · 2020Cuties
★ 5.12020
MovieDrama
Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
Black Girl · 1966Black Girl
★ 7.31966
MovieDrama
Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.
Emitaï · 1973Emitaï
★ 7.31973
MovieDrama
As World War II rages in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray.
Black Sun · 1971Black Sun
1971
MovieDrama
The life and death of Robert Moussombe, the leader of an unnamed African state. Moussombe is a fictionalized portrait of assassinated Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, and the film's events are a pastiche of the Congo Crisis in 1960s.
Sembene! · 2015Sembene!
★ 7.02015
MovieHistoryDocumentary
Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon.
Animal · 2017Animal
★ 7.02017
MovieScience Fiction
Monsters fight with each other in a dystopian world, playing out the revenge of their human breeders.