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SEMBENE!

Directed by Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman
United States, Senegal, 2015
Documentary, Biography
  • 8989 minutes

Synopsis

In 1952, Ousmane Sembene, a Senegalese dockworker and fifth-grade dropout, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa.

Synopsis

In 1952, Ousmane Sembene, a Senegalese dockworker and fifth-grade dropout, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa.