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    Sembene!

    Poster of the movie Sembene!
    2015     Biography documentary    
    USA/Senegal
    1h 22min

    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 novelist and filmmaker who fought, against enormous odds, a monumental, 50-year-long battle to give African stories to Africans. SEMBENE! is told through the experiences of the man who knew him best, colleague and biographer Samba Gadjigo, using rare archival footage and more than 100 hours of exclusive materials. A true-life epic, SEMBENE! follows an ordinary man who transforms himself into a fearless spokesperson for the marginalized, becoming a hero to millions. After a startling fall from grace, can Sembéne reinvent himself once more?

    Directed bySamba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman
    Written byJason Silverman, Samba Gadjigo
    CompanyKino LorberKino LorberKino Lorber

    Featuring

    Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Ousmane Sembene

    Videos

    3:16

    Clip: Okayafrica

    8 years ago

    2:39

    Clip: Okayafrica (with Eng. subt.)

    8 years ago

    1:40

    Trailer

    8 years ago

    Photos

    Photo from the movie Sembene!
    Photo from the movie Sembene!
    Photo from the movie Sembene!
    Photo from the movie Sembene!
    Photo from the movie Sembene!
    Photo from the movie Sembene!
    Photo from the movie Sembene!

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