One of my seminal movie experiences was a college class taught by Gilberto Perez, around 1977, in political cinema, focussing on John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Sergei Eisenstein. At nearly fifty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Studiocanal is set to restore "Mandabi," a classic movie directed by celebrated African filmmaker Ousmane Sembène ("Guelwaar," ...

At Film Forum, a retrospective of the Senegalese director’s work shows the care he took in telling female stories. By Kelli Weston A princess ascends from the water like a siren. The stony gaze of an ...

Ousmane Sembène, the late Senegalese film director and one of the greatest African auteurs, stepped into his 100th year in Janaury 2023. The impact of filmmaker Ousmane Sembène’s work should not be ...

Anyone who wants to argue that cinema is given too much importance in this culture – any culture, for that matter —should listen to Samba Gadjigo, co-director of documentary “Sembene!” “When I was `14 ...

Ousmane Sembène, the Senegalese-born 'father of African cinema', talked to Bonnie Greer about film-making in Africa, his European experiences and why Live 8 is fake, before receiving the fellowship of ...

January marks the centenary of the birth of Ousmane Sembène, the Senegalese activist, filmmaker and writer called the “father of African film” by many in the film industry. Through multiple novels and ...

I became a socialist in the 1960s largely on the belief that capitalism held back civilization by preventing a large majority of the world’s population from reaching its maximum potential. If the ...

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to “Sembene!,” a documentary on the life and legacy of film director, producer and writer Ousmane Sembene. The film first premiered at the ...

The man often called the father of African cinema is the subject of “Sembene!” a richly crafted documentary that serves as an enlightening tribute to the filmmaker who masterfully tapped into the ...

Studiocanal is set to restore “Mandabi,” a classic movie directed by celebrated African filmmaker Ousmane Sembène (“Guelwaar,” “Mooladé”) in 4K, and will release it theatrically in spring 2021.