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Ousmane Sembène (French: [usman sɑ̃bɛn]; 1 January 1923 or 8 January 1923 – 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".
Ousmane Sembène (born Jan. 1, 1923, Ziguinchor-Casamance, Seneg., French West Africa—died June 9/10, 2007, Dakar, Seneg.) was a Senegalese writer and film director known for his historical and political themes.
Ousmane Sembene. Writer: Moolaadé. The first film director from an African country to achieve international recognition, Ousmane Sembene remains the major figure in the rise of an independent post-colonial African cinema.
Jan 31, 2023 · Ousmane Sembène at 100: a guide to the life and work of the ‘father of African cinema’. Published: January 31, 2023 1:13am EST. The impact of filmmaker Ousmane Sembène’s work should not...
Jan 10, 2023 · 1 January 2023 marked the centenary of the birth of Ousmane Sembène, the Senegalese novelist and filmmaker hailed as the “father of African cinema”. Over the course of five decades Sembène ...
Having blazed a trail for African filmmakers to tell their own stories on-screen, Senegalese auteur Ousmane Sembène took his career-long project—to unlock cinema’s potential as a vehicle for social change—in increasingly urgent and provocative directions in the 1970s.
Aug 3, 2023 · Ousmane Sembène: ‘the father of African cinema’. The Senegalese director died 16 years ago, but his politically incisive, emotionally nuanced films retain their allure. Senegalese film-maker and...
