A sergeant in the colonial army, Sarzan, is back in his homeland and facing a remarkable change in Senegalese society after independence. A Senegalese rifleman and sergeant in the colonial army, Sarzan, is back in his homeland and faces a remarkable change in Senegalese society after independence. Thiam took the character from a novel by Birago Diop, generating a curious African kind of formalism. Director Momar Thiam Senegal, 1963, Short feature, 29', Black & White, 16mm based on a short novel writtent by Birago Diop. 2010 | IFFR, ROTTERDAM, Holland * Selection: Signals- Where Is Africa www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com/professionals/films/sarzan/