Ousmane Sembène All At Once
New York African Film Festival 2013
April 3 - 9, 2013
Director Christine Delorme in person April 3!
This documentary about master Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène moves past his image as a politically committed artist into his rarely-examined private and family life.
Director Christine Delorme in person April 3!
Sembene's legend is that of a man politically involved and strongly committed, but little attention has been paid to his private and family life. For this reason he remains a solitary figure, an image he himself cherished. As Sembène says, “I am a storyteller, an artist striving to express the secret pulsation of my people.” Delorme’s film portrays Sembène at his most candid and reveals his take on the women in his film Guelwaar.
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Borom Sarret
Ousmane Sembène | Senegal | 1963 | 18m
The genesis of Black African Cinema can be traced to this short, stark masterpiece that chronicles a day in the life of a Dakar cart driver. The frustrating day of this borom sarret (a Wolof expression for cart driver) leaves him cheated out of his wages and deprived of his cart.
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