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Mandabi (1968) Website. Official website. Ousmane Sembène (French: [usman sɑ̃bɛn]; 1 January 1923 or 8 January 1923 [ 1 ] – 9 June 2007), was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and he has often been called the "father of African film".
Xala. 1975. An adaptation of Ousmane Sembène’s own 1973 novel, Xala is a hilarious, caustic satire of political corruption under an inept patriarchy. On the night of his wedding to his third bride, government official El Hadji (Thierno Leye) is rendered impotent and begins to suspect that one of his other wives has placed a curse on him.
The series features nearly all of Sembène's films, including Janus Films' recent 4K restorations of Mandabi (1968), Emitaï (1971), Xala (1975) and Ceddo (1977). Like Sergei Eisenstein, the director he considered most important, Sembène rejected socialist realism in favor of a cinematic language both didactic in function and supple in style.
A list of 10 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Camp de Thiaroye (1988), Moolaadé (2004), Faat Kiné (2001), Guelwaar (1992) and Ceddo (1977). About this list: One of Ousmane Sembene’s best works is the short film “The Wagoner” (“Borom Sarret”), but it is a bit shorter than what I am accustomed to ranking among features.
Jan 31, 2023 · As we celebrate his 100th year and rediscover his films, we can gain a better understanding of Sembène, and the themes of his work, by looking at the turns his life took that led him to cinema ...
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A documentary by Samba Gadjigo & Jason Silverman. In 1952, Ousmane Sembéne, a dockworker and fifth-grade dropout from Senegal, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. SEMBENE!, a feature-length HD documentary, tells the unbelievable true story of the “father of African cinema,” the self-taught ...
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Nov 5, 2015 · With the politically charged epics Xala (1975), Ceddo (1977), and Camp de Thiaroye (1987), he created some of the most beautiful films of all time, courting both controversy and acclaim and ...
