Sembene!

Streaming video - 2015

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. A true-life epic, SEMBENE! follows an ordinary man who transforms himself into a fearless spokesperson for the marginalized, becoming a hero to millions. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and the **Sundance Film Festival.** *"A richly crafted documentar...y that serves as an enlightening tribute to the filmmaker who masterfully tapped into the medium's wide-reaching socio-political potential." - Michael Rechtshaffen, **The Los Angeles Times*** more