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Movie poster: Sembene! (2015)
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2015 · 82 min History Documentary
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

Meet Ousmane Sembene, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon.

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Year 2015
Country Senegal, United States of America
Genre History, Documentary
Director Jason Silverman
Runtime 82 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (8 votes)

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The film constructs its portrait not as a simple biography, but as an exploration of a radical creative mission. It relies on vibrant archival material and personal testimonies to trace how Sembene's anger was forged into art.

What lingers after viewing is the image of a relentless storyteller for whom film was a tool of liberation. The documentary leaves one with a renewed sense of cinema's power as a popular weapon. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Jason Silverman

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