Ousmane Sembène’s drama Mandabi is the first film of his career to be made in his native langauge of Wolof. Credit: The Criterion Collection Presented by Slab Cinema, the double feature from ...

UPDATE The Joburg Film Festival defiantly went ahead with a screening of Ousmane Sembène’s “Black Girl” on Thursday, refusing to bow to political pressure after South Africa’s Film and Publications ...

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It’s a pity that most movie lovers know so little, if anything, about African cinema, for the continent’s filmmakers have much to say. The one film some viewers may recognize is “Black Girl” (1966), a ...

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. More from the fests This week I am reaching you from Toronto, Canada, where I‘ll be for ...

At Film Forum, a retrospective of the Senegalese director’s work shows the care he took in telling female stories. By Kelli Weston Nikyatu Jusu’s new film, about a Senegalese woman who works as a ...

Sembene is celebrated for championing social and political issues throughout his career as a writer and filmmaker The African cinema archive fund ASM is digitalising old negatives of photos of ...

Ousmane Sembene was one of the most important writers of sub-Saharan Africa. He was also, arguably, its most important filmmaker. The son of a fisherman, Sembene fought for France during World War II, ...

A historic confrontation in 1965 between Jean Rouch and Ousmane Sembène : "You look at us as if we were insects" / Albert Cervoni -- Ousmane Sembène : for me, the cinema is an instrument of political ...