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In 1952, Ousmane Sembene, 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 50-year battle to return 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 Sembene reinvent himself once more? Directed by Jason Silverman and Samba Gadjigo.
Original Release
01/23/2015
US Release
01/23/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mbissine Thérèse Diop | Diouana |
Ousmane Sembene | Various characters / Himself (archive footage) |
Directors
Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman
Writers
Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mbissine Thérèse Diop | Diouana |
Ousmane Sembene | Various characters / Himself (archive footage) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dan Cogan | Executive Producer |
William T. Conway | Executive Producer |
Andrew Pinkes | Executive Producer |
Jenny Raskin | Executive Producer |
Jim Swartz | Executive Producer |
Jenifer Westphal | Executive Producer |
Samba Gadjigo | Producer |
Jason Silverman | Producer |
Mark Steele | Producer |