Borom Sarret (1963)

Review: Borom Sarret (1963)

Director: Ousmane Sembène

Cast: Ly Abdoulay, Albourah,

Ly Abdoulay
Ly Abdoulay
Albourah
Albourah

Plot: A cart-taxi driver goes to the city to make a living, but out of sympathy with other poverty-stricken people, he works for free and goes hungry himself.

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Ousmane Sembène&#8217;s <i>Mandabi</i> (1968): Criterion Blu-ray review

Ousmane Sembène’s Mandabi (1968): Criterion Blu-ray review

Known as the “father of African cinema”, Ousmane Sembène’s films grapple with issues of identity in the complex social and political conditions of post-colonial Africa. His second feature (and first in colour) Mandabi (1968) is […]

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