Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
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Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (French pronunciation: [ma.ama sale aʁun]; Arabic: محمد الصالح هارون; born 1961; Abéché). is a Chadian filmmaker. Loaded with complex moral and political themes, Haroun’s films confront questions of individual, familial, and national responsibility with unerring compassion and profound personal insight. He left Chad during the civil wars of the 1980s. Haroun is the first Chadian full-length film director. He both writes and directs his films. Though he has lived in France since 1982, most of his films have been set in and made in Chad. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was Minister of Tourism, Culture and Crafts of Chad from February 5, 2017, to February 8, 2018.
Known for
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Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars (2026)
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Lingui, the Sacred Bonds (2021)
Director
Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy (2016)
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Sex, Okra & Salted Butter (2008)
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Goï-Goï (1995)
Director
Interdependence (2019)
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Dry Season (2006)
Director
Grigris (2013)
Director
Bye Bye Africa (2003)
Director
A Screaming Man (2010)
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A Season in France (2018)
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Lac (2019)
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Letter from New York (2001)
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Our Father (2002)
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Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity (2004)
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Kalala (2006)
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Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot (1996)
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Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind (2004)
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Expectations (2008)
Director
Maral tanié (1994)
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B 400 (1997)
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Bord' Africa (1995)
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Un thé au sahel (1998)
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