Sembene! (2015)
Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon.
- Date of release
- 2015-01-23
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- History, Documentary
- Director
- Jason Silverman, Samba Gadjigo
Casting
- Ousmane Sembène — Himself (archive footage)
- Mbissine Thérèse Diop — Diouana (archive footage)
Interesting facts
Sembene! is a 2015 documentary film focusing on the life of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, who is considered to be the father of African cinema. It is co-directed by Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman. The film's world premiere took place at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2015. It also played at the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Come See Me in the Good Light 2025 · ★ 7.1
- The Accountant of Auschwitz 2018 · ★ 6.9
- Being James Bond 2021 · ★ 7.8
- Fuck 2006 · ★ 6.4
- As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty 2000 · ★ 7.8
- Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life 2017 · ★ 6.4
- Directed by John Ford 1971 · ★ 7.0
- The Unknown Known 2013 · ★ 6.8
- McQueen 2018 · ★ 7.4
- Audrey 2020 · ★ 7.1
- Another Day of Life 2018 · ★ 7.4
- I Am Ali 2014 · ★ 6.7