
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.
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Maral tanié (1994)
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Goï-Goï (1995)
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Soumsoum, the Night of the Stars (2026)
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Grigris (2013)
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B 400 (1997)
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Lingui, the Sacred Bonds (2021)
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Bord' Africa (1995)
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Lac (2019)
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Kalala (2006)
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Expectations (2008)
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Our Father (2002)
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Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy (2016)
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A Screaming Man (2010)
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Bye Bye Africa (2003)
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Sex, Okra & Salted Butter (2008)
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Scenarios from Africa: The Tree and the Wind (2004)
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A Season in France (2018)
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Interdependence (2019)
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Dry Season (2006)
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Scenarios from Africa: African Solidarity (2004)
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Letter from New York (2001)
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Un thé au sahel (1998)
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Sotigui Kouyaté, a modern griot (1996)
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