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Sembene! : the inspiring story of the father of African cinema
- Title
- Sembene! : the inspiring story of the father of African cinema / a film by Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Kino Lorber, Inc. : Galle Ceddo Projects, LLC, ©2015
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- "In 1952, Ousmane Sembéne, a dockworker and fifth-grade dropout from Senegal, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. SEMBENE! tells the unbelievable true story of the "father of African cinema," the self-taught novelist and filmmaker who fought, against enormous odds, a monumental, 50-year-long battle to give African stories to Africans. SEMBENE! is told through the experiences of the man who knew him best, colleague and biographer Samba Gadjigo, using rare archival footage and more than 100 hours of exclusive materials. A true-life epic, SEMBENE! follows an ordinary man who transforms himself into a fearless spokesperson for the marginalized, becoming a hero to millions. After a startling fall from grace, can Sembéne reinvent himself once more?" -- Container.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- History.
- Note
- Title from container.
- Originally released as a documentary film, 2015.
- Editor, Ricardo Acosta ; executive producers, Dan Cogan, William T. Conway. Andy Pinkes, Joaquim Duarte Gomes ; original score by Ken Myhr ; producers Jason Silverman, Samba Gadjigo.
- Language (note)
- In French and English with English subtitles.
- LCCN
- 738329203030
- OCLC
- 929891734
- Title
- Sembene! : the inspiring story of the father of African cinema / a film by Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Kino Lorber, Inc. : Galle Ceddo Projects, LLC, ©2015
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Language
- In French and English with English subtitles.
- Added Author
- Gadjigo, Samba, 1954- film director, screenwriter, producer.Silverman, Jason, 1968- film director, screenwriter, producer.Myhr, Ken, composer.Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.Galle Ceddo Projects, LLC, film distributor.