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Ousmane Sembène

Ousmane Sembène

Ousmane Sembene (January 1, 1923 — June 9, 2007), often credited in the French style as Sembene Ousmane in articles and reference works, 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.

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Movies Made By Ousmane Sembène (12)

Moolaadé (2004)

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart. ...

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Faat Kiné (2001)

A forty-year-old woman refuses to give into the stigma of unwed motherhood and climbs the ladder of success in a male dominated field. ...

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Guelwaar (1993)

Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor. ...

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Camp de Thiaroye (1988)

A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charis ...

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Outsiders (1977)

The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible ...

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Xala (1975)

A rich businessman in Senegal is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife; the only cure is brutal public humiliation. ...

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Emitaï (1973)

As World War II rages in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray. ...

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Tauw (1970)

A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfriend who has been rejected by her family. ...

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Mandabi (1968)

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one. ...

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Black Girl (1966)

Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization. ...

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Niaye (1964)

The pregnancy of a young girl scandalizes her community. ...

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The Wagoner (1963)

A cart-taxi driver goes to the city to make a living, but out of sympathy with other poverty-stricken people, he works for free and goes hungry himself. ...

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Movies Starring Ousmane Sembène (8)

Marseille après la guerre (2023)

The film uses a collection of post-World War II black & white photographs to portray the dockworkers of Marseilles, many of whom were of African descent. Set in and around a 1947 strike protesting weapons shipments to the French in Indochina, the images ev ...

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Sembene! (2015)

Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon. ...

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Tahar Chériaa: A l'Ombre du Baobab (2014)

Tahar Cheriaa: Under the Shadow of the Baobab documents the career of one of the core fathers of Pan-Africanism and founder of Africa's first film festival, the Carthage Film Festival. After Tunisian independence, Cheriaa used all his energy to bring the f ...

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Sembène: The Making of African Cinema (1994)

Senegalese documentary about the country's most famous film-maker - Ousmane Sembène. The groundbreaking director explains his philosophy, politics and hopes for the future of African cinema. ...

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Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo (1981)

Paulin Vieyra captures Ousmane Sembène, one of the greatest filmmakers of Africa, during the filming of Ceddo. L'Envers du Decor was completed after four years of production. As for Ceddo, it would be censored under the Senghor regime and until 1983 by th ...

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Outsiders (1977)

The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible ...

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Mandabi (1968)

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one. ...

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Black Girl (1966)

Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization. ...

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