Ousmane Sembene -- The father

Document source:

Harvard Film Archive

Publication date:

2001 May 02

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

2

Source pagination:

3-4

Document name subject:

Ousmane Sembène

Document contains:

bibliography and production co

Related films:

• Borom sarret (The cart driver) — Sembène, Ousmane — France; Senegal — 1966
• La noire de... (Black girl) — Sembène, Ousmane — Senegal; France — 1966
• Mandabi (The money order) — Sembène, Ousmane — France; Senegal — 1968
• Xala — Sembène, Ousmane — Senegal — 1975
• Ceddo — Sembène, Ousmane — Senegal — 1977
• Guelwaar — Sembène, Ousmane — Senegal; France; Germany — 1992
• Faat Kiné — Sembène, Ousmane — Senegal — 2000

Film country(ies):

France, Germany, and Senegal

Film language(s):

English, French, and Wolof

Film production company:

Actualités françaises, Channel IV, Comptoir Français du Film, Films Domirev, France 3 Cinéma, Galatée Films, New Yorker Films, Sembene, Societe Nationale Production du Senegal, and Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Comedy, Drama, Feature, Short, and Social problem

Film subject(s):

• Africa -- Civilization -- Drama
• Africa -- Civilization -- Foreign influences -- Drama
• Africa -- Colonization -- Humor -- Drama
• Africa -- History -- To 1884 -- Drama
• Africa -- Kings and rulers -- Drama
• Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Drama
• Alien labor, Senegalese -- France -- Drama
• Automobile drivers -- Drama
• Blacks -- France -- Drama
• Blacks -- Senegal -- Drama
• Blessing and cursing -- Africa -- Drama
• Christianity and other religions -- Islam -- Drama
• Conversion -- Drama
• Elite (Social sciences) -- Africa -- Drama
• Family life -- Senegal -- Drama
• France -- Colonies -- Senegal -- Drama
• France -- Race relations -- Drama
• France -- Social conditions -- 1945-1995 -- Drama
• Impotence -- Africa -- Drama
• Islam -- Africa -- History -- Drama
• Islam -- Relations -- Christianity -- Drama
• Kidnapping -- Africa -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Senegal -- Drama
• Patriarchy -- Senegal -- Drama
• Polygamy -- Africa -- Drama
• Poor -- Senegal -- Dakar -- Drama
• Self-esteem -- Drama
• Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007. Mandat -- Film and video adaptations
• Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007. Voltaïque -- Film and video adaptations
• Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007. Xala -- Film and video adaptations
• Senegal -- Civilization -- Foreign influences -- Drama
• Senegal -- Ethnic relations -- Drama
• Senegal -- Religion -- Drama
• Senegal -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama
• Senegalese -- France -- Drama
• Service stations -- Senegal -- Drama
• Single mothers -- Senegal -- Drama
• Slavery and Islam -- Africa -- Drama
• Suicide -- France -- Drama
• Suicide victims -- France -- Drama
• Transportation -- Senegal -- Dakar -- Drama
• Women -- Senegal -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama
• Women -- Senegal -- Social conditions -- Drama
• Women alien labor -- France -- Drama
• Women domestics -- France -- Drama
• Women service industry workers -- Senegal -- Drama
• Women, Black -- France -- Drama
• Women, Black -- Senegal -- Drama

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