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- Three revolutionary films by Ousmane Sembène [videorecording] / by Sembène, Ousmane,1923-2007,film director,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)715082; Diabon, Andongo,actor.; Renaudeau, Michel,actor.; Fontaine, Robert,1924-1973,actor.; Camara, Ousmane,actor.; Camara, Ibou,actor.; Leye, Thierno,actor.; Samb, Seune,actor.; Seye, Younouss,actor.; Niang, Myriam,actor.; Diagne, Fatim,actor.; Niang, Dieynaba,actor.; Guey, Makuredia,actor.; Ndiaye, Tabara,actor.; Fall, Alioune(Actor),actor.; Yade, Moustapha,actor.; N'diaye Diagne, Mamadou,actor.; Sene, Momar Nar,actor.; Caristan, Georges,cinematographer.; Samb, Samba Diabare,composer (expression); Dibango, Manu,1933-2020,composer (expression); Bonetti, Mahen,interviewee.; Sall, Amy,interviewee.; Vieyra, Paulin Soumanou,film director.; Price, Yasmina,writer of accompanying material.(CARDINAL)881010; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269;
Ceddo: Cinematography, Georges Caristan, Orlando Lopez, Bara Diokhane, Seydina O. Gaye ; editors, Florence Eymon, Dominique Blain ; music, Manu Dibango.Emitaï: cinematography, Georges Caristan ; editor, Gilbert Kikoïne.Xala: cinematography, Georges Caristan, Orlando Lopez, Seydina O. Gaye, Farba Seck ; editor, Florence Eymon ; music, Samba Diabare Samb.Ceddo: Tabara Ndiaye, Alioune Fall, Moustapha Yade, Mamadou N'Diaye Diagne, Ousmane Camara, Nar Sene, Makhourédia Guèye.Emitaï: Andongo Diabon, Michel Renaudeau, Robert Fontaine, Ousmane Camara, Ibou Camara.Xala: Thierno Leye, Seune Samb, Younouss Seye, Miriam Niang, Fatim Diagne, Dieynaba Niang, Makhourédia Guèye."Ceddo: In protest of forced conversion to Islam, the Ceddo (outsiders) kidnap King Demba War's daughter Princess Dior Yacine and hold her hostage"--"Emitaï: As World War II is going on in Europe, a conflict arises between the French and the Diola-speaking tribe of Africa, prompting the village women to organize their men to sit beneath a tree to pray"--"Having blazed a trail for African filmmakers to tell their own stories on-screen, Senegalese auteur Ousmane Sembène took his career-long project -- to unlock cinema's potential as a vehicle for social change -- in increasingly urgent and provocative directions in the 1970s. Searing critiques of colonialism, political corruption, patriarchal arrogance, and religious indoctrination, his three features from this decade -- the radical call to resistance Emitaï, the wickedly subversive satire Xala, and the controversial historical epic Ceddo -- confirmed his standing as a fearless truth-teller for whom the camera was the ultimate weapon in the fight against oppression in all its forms"--"Xala: A corrupt politician is cursed with impotence on the night of his third wedding after embezzling 100 tons of rice"--DVD, NTSC, region 1, wide screen; Dolby audio monoaural.
- Subjects: Comedy films.; Satirical films.; Political films.; Historical films.; Epic films.; War films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; World War, 1939-1945; Villages; Political corruption; Impotence; Kidnapping; Princesses;
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