Ousmane Sembene

by Busch, Annett

• ISBN13: 9781934110867
• ISBN10: 1934110868
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi

Summary

In his fortieth year, Ousmane Sembene (1923-2007) directed the short film Borom Sarret, one of the first films directed by a black African and a movie that brought African cinema to the consciousness of the West. Sembene's subsequent films-including Black Girl, Mandabi, Xala, Ceddo, Faat Kine, and Moolaade-address contemporary African society and cultural issues with the filmmaker's characteristic wit and subtle satire. Known for urban themes and complex female protagonists, Sembene's movies, both in French and in his native language Wolof, are considered pioneering masterworks of African cinema.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Chronology	p. xxiii
Filmography	p. xxv
A Historic Confrontation in 1965 between Jean Rouch and Ousmane Sembene: "You Look at Us as If We Were Insects"	p. 3
Ousmane Sembene: For Me, the Cinema Is an Instrument of Political Action, But ...	p. 7
We Are Governed in Black Africa by Colonialism's Disabled Children	p. 18
Filmmakers Have a Great Responsibility to Our People	p. 24
Ousmane Sembene Interviewed in Munich	p. 36
Ousmane Sembene: An Interview	p. 41
African Cinema Is Not a Cinema of Folklore	p. 52
Interview with Ousmane Sembene	p. 63
Interview with Ousmane Sembene	p. 72
Sembene Ousmane in Kinshasa	p. 82
Interview with Ousmane Sembene	p. 99
Interview with Ousmane Sembene	p. 105
In the Name of Tolerance: A Meeting with Ousmane Sembene	p. 112
Samori: The Last Grand Oeuvre of Sembene Ousmane	p. 117
I Am Tired, My Desire Is to Leave	p. 125
The Language of Real Life	p. 131
If I Were a Woman, I'd Never Marry an African	p. 134
Ousmane Sembene	p. 143
Interview with Ousmane Sembene	p. 151
Interview with Ousmane Sembene about Guelwaar	p. 163
Ousmane Sembene	p. 169
Still the Fire in the Belly: The Confessions of Ousmane Sembene	p. 178
Interview with Ousmane Sembene	p. 190
The Power of Female Solidarity: An Interview with Ousmane Sembene	p. 197
Ousmane Sembene	p. 210
Index	p. 219
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