Tauw (Ousmane Sembène, 1970)

A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfriend who has been rejected by her family.

This rarely seen 1970 short film by Ousmane Sembène is based on one of his own short stories and focuses on youth unemployment in Dakar.

Tauw (1970, Senegal, 16mm, 24 min, color)
Production of Broadcasting Film Commision and National Council of the Church of Christ
Producers: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Herbert F. Lowe
Director: Ousmane Sembène
Screenplay: Ousmane Sembène
Cinematography: Georges Caristan
Editing: Mawa Gaye
Music: Samba Diabara Samb
Cast: Amadou Dieng, Mamadou M’Bow, Fatim Diagne, Coumba Mané, Yoro Cissé, Mamadou Diagne, Christophe Colomb