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Wyatt Cenac’s Adventures in Moviegoing

Borom sarret

20m

Directed by Ousmane Sembène • 1963 • Senegal
Starring Ly Abdoulay, Albourah

This groundbreaking short film, which won first prize at the 1963 Touris Film Festival in France, was the directorial debut of Ousmane Sembène.

Restored in 2013 by the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and Éclair, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project; INA, Institut National de l’Audiovisuel; and the Sembène Estate. Restoration funded by Doha Film Institute.

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