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Overview
Mini Biography:
The first film director from an African country to achieve international... moreTrivia:
Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1983. moreAwards:
16 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Summer Preview: Repertory Calendar for the Coasts (From IFC. 5 May 2009, 1:32 PM, PDT)
On DVD: The Films of Budd Boetticher, "Camp de Thiaroye"
(From IFC. 11 November 2008, 7:05 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Ousmane SembèneFilmography
Director:
- Cinema16: World Short Films (2008) (V)
- Moolaadé (2004)
- Faat Kiné (2000)
- Guelwaar (1992)
- Camp de Thiaroye (1987)
... aka The Camp at Thiaroye - Ceddo (1977)
... aka Outsiders (literal English title) - Xala (1975)
... aka Impotence
... aka The Curse - Emitai (1971)
... aka Dieu du tonnerre (Senegal: French title)
... aka God of Thunder (literal English title)
... aka Hementhal (International: English title: informal title) - Tauw (1970)
- Mandabi (1968)
... aka Le mandat (Senegal: French title)
... aka The Money Order - Borom sarret (1966)
- La noire de... (1966)
... aka Black Girl (Canada: English title) (USA) - Niaye (1964)
- L'empire sonhrai (1963)
... aka The Sonhrai Empire (USA)
Writer:
- Moolaadé (2004) (writer)
- Faat Kiné (2000) (writer)
- Guelwaar (1992) (writer)
- Camp de Thiaroye (1987) (dialogue) (screenplay)
... aka The Camp at Thiaroye - Ceddo (1977) (writer)
... aka Outsiders (literal English title) - Xala (1975) (novel) (screenplay)
... aka Impotence
... aka The Curse - Emitai (1971) (writer)
... aka Dieu du tonnerre (Senegal: French title)
... aka God of Thunder (literal English title)
... aka Hementhal (International: English title: informal title) - Mandabi (1968) (writer)
... aka Le mandat (Senegal: French title)
... aka The Money Order - Borom sarret (1966) (writer)
- La noire de... (1966) (writer)
... aka Black Girl (Canada: English title) (USA)
Actor:
- Ceddo (1977) .... A Ceddo renamed Ibrahima
... aka Outsiders (literal English title) - La noire de... (1966) (uncredited) .... The Teacher
... aka Black Girl (Canada: English title) (USA)
Thanks:
- 500 Years Later (2005) (special thanks)
Self:
- "Great Railway Journeys" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- St. Louis to Dogon Country (1999) TV episode .... Himself - Sembène: The Making of African Cinema (1994) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Novel: "God's Bits of Wood." morePublicity Listings:
4 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 3 Articles moreMessage Boards
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