This year’s Sundance film festival hosted the premiere of Sembène!, a documentary about African filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. You might not know that name, but Sembène is one of the most important figures in the birth of African cinema. He arguably started the entire African film movement with, as Vulture describes, “no film equipment, no professional actors, and no funding.”
Sembène is a name worth knowing, and in celebration of the new documentary, Vulture put together a terrific overview of Sembène’s work and his contributions to African cinema. We strongly recommend giving it a read if you want to learn about one of the hardest working and most pivotal filmmakers in world cinema.
If you want to dive further into his work, look for Sembène’s films in our collection. They’re frequently being checked out for class use, but you can also watch many of them here in the library.
Xala – HU DVD 1286
Mandabi – HU DVD 1287
La Noire de… – HU DVD 1953
Moolaadé – HU DVD 3862
Faat Kiné – DVD 8721
Ceddo – DVD 9465
Camp de Thiaroye – DVD 9728
Borom Sarret – DVD 10070
Guelwaar – DVD 10586