Section: Long Documentary
Country: Senegal/USA
Production Year: 2015
Runtime: 82 Minutes
Director: Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman
Screenwriter: Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman
Cinematographer: Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman
Editor: Ricardo Acosta
Print Contact: [email protected]
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. This true story celebrates how the “father of African cinema,” against enormous odds, fought a monumental, 50-year battle to give Africans a voice. “SEMBENE!” is told by the man who knew him best, colleague and biographer Samba Gadjigo, using rare archival footage and more than 100 hours of exclusive materials.
