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The Father Of African Cinema
Leila Latif explores how the Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène challenged the legacy of colonialism and pioneered a cinema by, for and about the people of Africa, celebrating the lives, languages and communities of the continent in films ranging from Mandabi to Moolaadé.
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