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World Nomads: African Cinema
Homage to Ousmane Sembène

Featuring DJ Spooky

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 7pm

In May, FIAF launches World Nomads, a series that examines the cross-cultural exchange of ideas, artistic expression, and style. This transcultural journey begins in contemporary Africa bringing artists together for engaging programs considering Africa's cultural impact on France and the rest of the world.

Revered patriarch of African Cinema. Uncompromising critic of colonial regimes. Astute chronicler of urban Senegal—Ousmane Sembène inspired an entire continent’s cultural awakening through both literature and film. To close World Nomads, FIAF turns to Sembène and his irreplaceable body of work. Close friend of Sembène, Dr. Mamadou Diouf, director of Columbia University’s Institute for African Studies, officiates over an intimate evening to include personal reminiscence, readings, a screening of Sembène’s seminal film Borom Sarett, and an original sound score performed by the inimitable DJ Spooky.

Borom Sarret
Ousmane Sembène,1963. B&W. 18 min.
With Ly Abdoulay

Borom Sarret is the first film by Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène. Through this moving short film, Sembène presents the fruitless day of a Dakar cart driver and his struggle for self-awareness.

Related Links:

- DJ Spooky website

- DJ Spooky MySpace page

Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street

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FIAF Members $10
Non-Members $15

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Co-presented by FIAF with
African Film Festival, Inc.

Image: Ousmane Sembène © New Yorker Films/Photofest

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