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1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Ousmane Sembene |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2015. |
| Summary |
In 1952, Ousmane Sembene, a dockworker and fifth-grade dropout from Senegal, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. SEMBENE! tells the unbelievable true story of the father of African cinema, the self- taught novelist and filmmaker who fought, against enormous odds, a 50-year battle to return African stories to Africans. SEMBENE! is told through the experiences of the man who knew him best, colleague and biographer Samba Gadjigo. A true-life epic, SEMBENE! follows an ordinary man who transforms himself into a fearless spokesperson for the marginalized, becoming a hero to millions. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and the **Sundance Film Festival.** *"A richly crafted documentary that serves as an enlightening tribute to the filmmaker who masterfully tapped into the medium's wide-reaching socio-political potential." - Michael Rechtshaffen, **The Los Angeles Times*** |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English,French |
| Subject |
African studies.
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Ethnicity.
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Motion pictures.
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Artists.
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History.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Gadjigo, Samba, film director.
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Thérèse Diop, Mbissine, actor.
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Sembene, Ousmane, actor.
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Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
6276462 Kanopy |
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