Keur Simbara

2024

A poster for a film titled 'Keur Simbara' featuring a profile of a woman wearing traditional African red and black patterned headwrap and dress, with a full moon in the background.

Runtime: 16 minutes and 45 seconds

Produced by: Vashni Korin & Sea

Directed by: Sea

Starring: Coumba Ba, Adama Diop, Awa Diop, and Dusu Kante

Cinematography by: Kiara Danae Mangum

Edited by: Shahriar Shafiani

Keur Simbara is an intimate, lyrical short documentary that follows a group of women community organizers in a rural Senegalese village as they build and sustain systems of health, finance, agriculture, and domestic infrastructure.

Amid water scarcity and environmental challenges, they articulate their hopes for the future and the legacy they wish to leave behind. Keur Simbara is a tribute to communal wisdom and the power of local organizing.

A film director shows a woman playback of the scene with the external monitor.
Two women wearing traditional African clothing standing outside near a beige wall with a small window with metal bars.
Two people working in a farm with trees and buildings in the background during the daytime.