Directed by Ousmane Sembène • 1964 • Senegal
Starring Sow, Astou Ndiaye, Mame Dia
In this early short film, adapted from his own novella “White Genesis,” Ousmane Sembène offers a portrait of a Senegalese village in decline, where the chief has impregnated his own daughter, a soldier has come back from war insane, and the local griot bemoans the community’s loss of morals.
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Behind the Scenes: The Making of CEDDO
Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra • 1981 • Senegal
Starring Ousmane SembèneIn this chronicle of the making of a masterpiece, Paulin Vieyra captures Senegalese cinema titan Ousmane Sembène during the production of his 1977 historical drama CEDDO, which would go on to be banned under the Senghor...
