Ousmane Sembène

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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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Ousmane Sembène canonical 2
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Predicate Object
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