Ousmane Sembene

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Moolaade review by from London

A moving and shocking masterpiece 9 June 2005
...The latest film from African director Ousmane Sembene, a towering figure in the history of black cinema, tackles a very difficult and provocative subject matter with subtlety ... Read customer review

Moolaade on DVD (2004)
Starring: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Helene Diarra, Salimata Traore
Director: Ousmane Sembene
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African cinema's founding father, 81-year-old Ousmane Sembene, continues to be its most fiery, provocative spirit. Extending the strong feminist consciousness that marked his previous triumph Faat Kiné (as well as such earlier classics as Black Girl and Ceddo), Moolaadé is a rousing polemic ..read more »

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Xala (1975)
Starring: Makhouredia Gueye, Dieynaba Niang, Dyelea Touré
Director: Ousmane Sembene
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It is the dawn of Senegal's independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. White money still controls the government. One official, Aboucader Beye, known by the title "El Hadji," takes advantage of some of that money to ..read more »

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Black Girl / Borom Sarret (1966)
Starring: Mbissine Therese Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine
Director: Ousmane Sembene
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Fans rocked by the subject matter of 2004's MOOLAADE will be delighted to discover that this earlier effort from director Ousmane Sembene touches on similarly controversial subject matter. A low budget effort from 1966, Sembene's film is a tautly wound drama that follows a woman from his native ..read more »

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Moolaade - 3.5 stars
Xala - 3.0 stars
Black Girl / Borom Sarret - 2.5 stars

Moolaade - 3.5 stars
Xala - 3.0 stars
Black Girl / Borom Sarret - 2.5 stars

Black Girl / Borom Sarret - 2.5 stars
Xala - 3.0 stars
Moolaade - 3.5 stars

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