“The Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene (1923–2007), often called the father of African cinema, had a seismic career. He effectively created an African film industry out of nothing: In 1963, with a used 16mm camera and leftover film stock sent by friends from Europe, he made a short called Borom Sarret . (The Wagon Driver), considered the […]
THIS YEAR, AFFNZ ARE WORKING TOWARDS SCREENING “SEMBENE!”
