Sembene

Many have called Sembene the Father of African cinema, and we may be able to detect his influence on a whole generation of African filmmakers, one of whom has already been hailed as the next Sembene: Abderrahmane Sissako, who has a new film debuting this year, Bamako.

Archive 2007-06-01 Anxious Black Woman 2007

Many have called Sembene the Father of African cinema, and we may be able to detect his influence on a whole generation of African filmmakers, one of whom has already been hailed as the next Sembene: Abderrahmane Sissako, who has a new film debuting this year, Bamako.

The Legacy of African Filmmaking Anxious Black Woman 2007

Perhaps no filmmaker captured these transformations better than Ousmane Sembene, the Senegalese artist who turned his own literature into film and became known as the father of African cinema.

Ousmane Sembene's 'African Stories,' 9 Feature Films By The 'Father Of African Cinema' Sophia Moreno-Bunge 2010

Perhaps no filmmaker captured these transformations better than Ousmane Sembene, the Senegalese artist who turned his own literature into film and became known as the father of African cinema.

Ousmane Sembene's 'African Stories,' 9 Feature Films By The 'Father Of African Cinema' The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Perhaps no filmmaker captured these transformations better than Ousmane Sembene, the Senegalese artist who turned his own literature into film and became known as the father of African cinema.

Ousmane Sembene's 'African Stories,' 9 Feature Films By The 'Father Of African Cinema' Sophia Moreno-Bunge 2010

Others include Palestinian-American Annemarie Jacir's Salt of This Sea (2008) and Ceddo (1977), a groundbreaking work by Sengalese director Ousmane Sembene, often hailed as the grandfather of African cinema.

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Speaking of Sembene, you might enjoy his book God's Bit of Wood .

Looking Back on an Intro to Film Class 2010

Besides Hollywood's current infatuation, there's Nollywood and its 1000 movies a year and: "Established directors such as Dani Kouyaté, from Mali, Abderrahmane Sissako, from Mauritania, and the veteran Ousmane Sembene, from Senegal, are attracting new interest, as emerging names such as Burkina Faso's Fanta Regina Nacro and Mali's Salif Traoré find festival acclaim with fresh titles."

GreenCine Daily: Guardian. World cinema special. 2007

And I would get Ousmane Sembene's name right; he was memorialized in the montage as Sembene Ousmane.

Oscars Schmoscars. It's All About The Whiskey And The Twitter. 2008

Sembene is not a Nigerian; his death was not one that Nigerian writers could ignore.

REVIEWING THE YEAR OF THE WRITER Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2008