Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 6: SEMBENE!
Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman’s portrait of the influential father of African cinema debuted at Sundance at the beginning of the year. It went on to screen at Cannes, Telluride, Sydney, BFI London, Durban, Mill Valley, Zanzibar, and Rio.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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