| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 86 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Jason Silverman. |
| Cast |
Ousmane Sembene. |
| 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, 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 Sembene reinvent himself once more? |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Senegal.
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Motion pictures -- Africa -- History.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Gadjigo, Samba, 1954- film director, screenwriter, producer.
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Silverman, Jason, 1968- film director, screenwriter, producer.
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Myhr, Ken, composer.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT11839606 |
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