Ousmane Sembène
Popularity:0.056
Known For:Writing
Birthday:1923-01-01
Place of Birth:Ziguinchor, Casamance, Senegal
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Also Known As:Ousmane Sembene, 우스만 셈벤

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Sembene! (2015)
Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon.

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...

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...

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...