Françoise Pfaff, a Fulbright scholar and pioneer of African-American film studies, will visit UB April 19 to discuss the life and career of Ousmane Sembene (1932-2007), the writer and film director ...
The Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène earned his reputation as the father of African cinema with a series of brilliant movies. Socialist and anti-colonial politics had a profound influence on ...
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese novelist and film director Ousmane Sembene died at home overnight aged 84, state radio in the west African country reported on Sunday. The son of a fisherman from ...
Missoulian: Guest column: Ousmane Sembene in Missoula: a memorial tribute - Friday,
When African filmmaker Ousmane Sembene died at 84 in Dakar, Senegal, earlier this month, the world duly took note. Sembene had lived a remarkable life that spanned most of the 20th century and beyond, ...
insider.si.edu: Ousmane Sembène : interviews / edited by Annett Busch and Max Annas
A historic confrontation in 1965 between Jean Rouch and Ousmane Sembène : "You look at us as if we were insects" / Albert Cervoni -- Ousmane Sembène : for me, the cinema is an instrument of political ...
Ousmane Sembène : interviews / edited by Annett Busch and Max Annas
The Austin Chronicle: Sembene! and Black Girl: Viewing the “Father” of African Filmmaking
You have to admire any filmmaker whose movies have been banned in his home country. And when that person is Ousmane Sembène, who is widely regarded as “the father of African cinema,” the admiration of ...