Ousmane Sembène

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film director film producer novelist person political activist screenwriter short story writer trade unionist

Ousmane Sembène was a pioneering Senegalese film director, producer, and writer often hailed as the "father of African cinema" for his politically engaged, socially conscious films.

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Label Occurrences
Sembene 4
Ousmane Sembène canonical 2
Ousmane Sembene 1

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instanceOf film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
trade unionist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
surface form: Ousmane Sembene

Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
surface form: Sembène Ousmane
centralThemeInWork anti-colonialism ⓘ
postcolonial African society ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfBirth Senegal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Senegal ⓘ
countryOfDeath Senegal ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1923-01-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2007-06-09 ⓘ
educatedIn Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Gorky Film Studio
ethnicGroup Lebou ⓘ
genre political cinema ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
honorificTitle father of African cinema ⓘ
influenced African filmmakers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
Wolof ⓘ
movement African cinema ⓘ
Third Cinema ⓘ
name Ousmane Sembène self-link ⓘ
notableAward FESPACO prize ⓘ
notableWork Black Girl ⓘ
Borom Sarret ⓘ
Camp de Thiaroye ⓘ
Ceddo ⓘ
Emitai ⓘ
Guelwaar ⓘ
La Noire de… ⓘ
Le Docker noir ⓘ
Les Bouts de bois de Dieu ⓘ
Mandabi ⓘ
Moolaadé ⓘ
Xala ⓘ
occupation dock worker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ziguinchor ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dakar ⓘ
residence Dakar ⓘ
servedIn French Army ⓘ

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VGIK → notableAlumnus → Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
Penny Dreadful → featuresCharacter → Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sembene
Sir Malcolm Murray → associatedWith → Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sembene
Ousmane Sembène → name → Ousmane Sembène self-link ⓘ
Ousmane Sembène → alsoKnownAs → Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ousmane Sembene
Ousmane Sembène → alsoKnownAs → Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sembène Ousmane
Vanessa Ives → associatedWith → Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sembene
Ethan Chandler → associatedWith → Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sembene