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Category / Sembene, Ousmane

January 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Mandabi (1968)

  • Criterion Collection, Sembene, Ousmane
  • 1968, Ousmane Sembene, Senegal
  • 3 Comments

The first-ever film to be shot in an African language, Sembene’s landmark sophomore feature is a cultural experience to behold, and a gently comic satire about the bureaucratic hurdles a debt-ridden man has to undergo to cash in his money order.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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April 4, 2020January 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Black Girl (1966)

  • Criterion Collection, Sembene, Ousmane
  • 1966, France, Ousmane Sembene, Senegal
  • 4 Comments

Sembene the trailblazer led African cinema to international recognition with this landmark classic about the despair of a black Senegalese woman made to work for a white French family.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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