Ousmane Sembène (French: [usman sɑ̃bɛn]; 1 January 1923 or 8 January 1923 – 9 June 2007), was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los...
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football player Ousmane Niang (born 1980), Senegalese sprinter Ousmane Sanou (born 1978), Burkinabé football player Ousmane Sembène (1923-2007), Senegalese...
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Xala (category Films directed by Ousmane Sembène)
Senegalese satirical comedy film written and directed by Ousmane Sembène, an adaptation of Sembène's 1973 novel of the same name. It stars Thierno Leye, Seune...
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Mandabi (category Films directed by Ousmane Sembène)
film written and directed by Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. The film is based on Sembène's novel The Money-Order and is the director's first film...
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Ceddo (film) (category Films directed by Ousmane Sembène)
known as The Outsiders, is a 1977 Senegalese drama film directed by Ousmane Sembène. It was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. The...
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Senegalese actress best known for her starring role as Diouana in the 1966 Ousmane Sembène film Black Girl (La noire de...), which is often cited as one of the...
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Festival. Sembene! tells the story of the self-taught novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène, provided by Gadjigo, who wrote Sembene's biography. Sembène transitioned...
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the "Golden Age" of African cinema, characterized by filmmakers like Ousmane Sembène, who is widely regarded as the father of African cinema One of the...
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Emitaï (category Films directed by Ousmane Sembène)
name of a Diola deity) is a 1971 Senegalese drama film directed by Ousmane Sembène. During World War II, the Vichy government conscripts men from France's...
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Xala (novel) (category Novels by Ousmane Sembène)
Xala is a 1973 novel by Ousmane Sembène, that was later translated and published in English in 1976 as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Borom Sarret (category Films directed by Ousmane Sembène)
Wagoner (French: Le Charretier) is a 1963 film by Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène, the first film over which he had full control. It is often called...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Original title Director(s) Production country Black Girl La noire de... Ousmane Sembène Senegal Borom Sarret Camp de Thiaroye Ceddo Emitaï Guelwaar Mandabi...
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Black Girl (1966 film) (category Films directed by Ousmane Sembène)
drama film, written and directed by Ousmane Sembène in his directorial debut. It is based on a short story from Sembène's 1962 collection Voltaique, which...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Guelwaar (category Films directed by Ousmane Sembène)
Guelwaar is a 1993 French-Senegalese drama film written and directed by Ousmane Sembène. The name is borrowed from the Serer pre-colonial dynasty of Guelowar...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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services such as The Criterion Channel. Films in the WCP include Ousmane Sembène's Black Girl (1966), and Djibril Diop Mambéty's Touki Bouki (1973)....
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Tribal Scars (category Books by Ousmane Sembène)
Senegalese author Ousmane Sembène. It was originally published in French as Voltaique in 1962. Tribal Scars is a short story in which Ousmane presents a theory...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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God's Bits of Wood (category Novels by Ousmane Sembène)
God's Bits of Wood is a 1960 novel by Senegalese author Ousmane Sembène. It is a fictional treatment based on an historic railroad strike in colonial...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Jack Cardiff / Bob Weinstein (2002) Abbas Kiarostami / Mike Leigh / Ousmane Sembène (2005) Terence Davies (2007) Souleymane Cissé / John Hurt / Ridley...
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Moolaadé (category Films directed by Ousmane Sembène)
protection") is a 2004 film by the Senegalese writer and director Ousmane Sembène. It addresses the subject of female genital mutilation, a common practice...
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