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Ousmane Sembène
Ousmane Sembène, was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and he has often been called the "father of African film".
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entertainment · Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and author (1923–2007) · film director · film producer · actor · playwright · screenwriter · stevedore · political activist · prose writer · director · writer · also Ousmane Sembène, Ousmane Sembene, Father of African Cinema, Sembene Ousmane, Sembène
Born 1 January 1923 · Died 9 June 2007 · Q314966
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2026· 2 entries
Moviefone: Samba Gadjigo on Ousmane Sembène - Where to Watch
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2024· 2 entries
The Film Stage: NYFF62 Adds New Restorations of Films by Robert Bresson, Chantal Akerman, Ousmane Sembène, Clive Barker & More
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Wall Street Journal: Ousmane Sembène’s Brave and Biting Films
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2023· 4 entries
Los Angeles Times: A centennial tribute to Ousmane Sembène and more of the best movies in L.A. this week
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The New York Times: In These Ousmane Sembène Films, Women Are Revolutionaries
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The Film Stage: A Master Gets Their Due In Trailer for Janus Films’ Ousmane Sembène Retrospective
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The Conversation: Ousmane Sembène at 100: a tribute to Senegal’s ‘father of African cinema’
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2007· 1 entry
Died 2007-06-09.
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Carrosse d'or (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Un Certain Regard for Moolaadé (2004).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire (1997).
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1979· 1 entry
Was awarded the Honorable Prize for contribution to cinema
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1977· 1 entry
His film Ceddo was entered in the 10th Moscow International Film Festival
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1971· 1 entry
Sembène also made a film in French and Diola, entitled Emitaï
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1968· 1 entry
And financed by Egypt and the Soviet Union
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1966· 3 entries
Awarded Tanit d'or for Black Girl (1966).
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Awarded Prix Jean Vigo for Black Girl (1966).
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Produced his first feature film, La Noire de
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1964· 1 entry
Released l'Harmattan (The Harmattan), an epic novel about a referendum for independence that takes place in an African capital
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1963· 1 entry
Sembène produced his first film, a short called Borom Sarret (The Wagoner)
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1961· 1 entry
Studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (1961).
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1947· 2 entries
Sembène stowed away to reach France, where he worked at a Citroën factory in Paris
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Participated in a long railroad strike, on which he later based his seminal novel God's Bits of Wood (1960)
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1944· 1 entry
During World War II and after the Fall of France, Sembène was drafted into the Senegalese Tirailleurs (a corps of the French Army)
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1923· 1 entry
Born 1923-01-01.
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