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Artists Senegal History and criticism Cuba History Motion picture producers and directors Senegal Biography Motion picture producers and directors Senegal History and criticism Motion pictures Africa History Postcolonialism Cuba Postcolonialism in literature Sembène, Ousmane 1923-2007 Sembène, Ousmane 1923-2007 Criticism and interpretation Senegalese fiction (French) Black authorsSummary: From filmmaker Hubert Sauper comes an immersive and metaphorical portrait of post-colonial, 'utopian' Cuba. This Big Bang ended Spanish colonial dominance in the Americas and ushered in the era of the American Empire. At the same time, a powerful tool of conquest was born: cinema as propaganda. Sauper explores a century of interventionism and myth making together with the extraordinary people...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EPISummary: Ousmane Semb̀ne was a Senegalese dockworker and fifth-grade dropout who became the self-taught father of African cinema who fought enormous odds to return African stories to Africa.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016