Sembene

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DVD Details

  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: April 19, 2016
  • Originally Released: 2015
  • Label: Kino Lorber

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User Ratings: 80
A useful and entertaining overview of Sembène's life and career Full Review
Austin Chronicle
Feb 13, 2017
Mr. Sembène was an inspiration; as a film, "Sembène!" is something less than that, petering out as it goes on, but at least offering a fair-minded tribute to a master. Full Review
New York Times
Nov 6, 2015
Rating: 6.5/10 -- Sembene! is too dry and formal to be lovable, but it makes its point emphatically, paying tribute to a filmmaker whose pugnaciousness was both a gift and a curse. Full Review
Way Too Indie
Feb 28, 2019
Rating: 3/5 -- The material is fascinating, particularly with Sembène the first African to make a film in Africa for an African audience. Full Review
One Room With A View
Apr 19, 2019
Interweaving animation, clips from feature films, photographs and archival footage, the film traces Sembene's amazing journey from WWII to international recognition as the "father of African film." Full Review
KDHX (St. Louis)
Aug 28, 2017
Rating: 3/5 -- Majors in the Senegalese's trailblazing; most notably the fact that he was responsible for the first film shot by a black African. Full Review
Guardian
Oct 6, 2016
The remarkable career of Senegalese filmmaker Sembene Ousmane gets an appropriate overview in this intelligent, slightly dry doc. Full Review
Variety
Nov 4, 2015

Product Description:

This documentary release recounts the life and cultural contributions of Ousmane Sembene, who is widely known as the father of African film. Co-directed by Jason Silverman and Sembene biographer Samba Gadjigo. Extras include a featurette on the making of MOOLAADÉ.

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  • UPC: 738329203429
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