Originally released as a documentry film, 2015. A film by Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman; Editor, Ricardo Acosta, CCE; Executive producers Dan Cogan, William T. Conway. Andy Pinkes, Joaquim Duarte Gomes; Original score by Ken Myhr, additional music by Chris Jonas; Animations by Edwina White, James Dunlap; Producers Jason Silverman, Samba Gadjigo; Co-producer Mark Steele; Story development and additional writing by Ricardo Acosta ; Co-Executive producers Steven Cohen, Peggy and Yogen Dalal, Ian Darling, Pierre Hauser, Barbara Dobkin, J. Lynn, Diana Lady and Gavin Dougan, Gib and Susan Myers, Jenny Raskin, Jim and Susan Swartz; Special thanks to Alain Sembene, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Nafi Ndoye, Manthia Diawara, Boubacar Boris Diop, Impact Partners, New Mexico Media Partners, in association with SNE Partners, Joaquim Duarte Gomes with support from Ford Foundation Justfilms, The Sundance Institute, Cinereach, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
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?"--[back cover of package].
OCLC:
(OCoLC)929891734
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.