DVD
Sembene!
Languages
In English or French, with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In 1952, Ousmane Sembene a Senegalese dockworker and fifth-grade dropout, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. Sembene! uses rare archival footage and exclusive materials to tell the unbelievable true story of the self-taught "father of African cinema" who fought enormous odds to return African stories to Africa. Sembene! follows an ordinary man who transforms himself into a fearless spokesperson for the marginalized, making powerful, unforgettable films and becoming a hero to millions. But after a startling fall from grace, can Africa's storyteller reinvent himself once more?
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a documentary in 2015.
Bonus features: Making of Moolaadé (2005) ; Sembène for the people: a film screening in Senegal ; On Sembène: reflections from Angela Davis, Youssou N'Dour, Ngūgī wa Thiong'o, Cheikh Hamidou Kane and more ; Samba's childhood.
Subjects
- Motion picture producers and directors > Senegal > Biography.
- Motion picture producers and directors > Senegal > History and criticism.
- Senegalese fiction (French) > Black authors.
- Artists > Senegal > History and criticism.
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007.
- Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007 > Criticism and interpretation.