The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will host on May 26, 2016, at 6:30 pm a free screening of Sembene!, a film told through the never-before-seen archival footage of colleague and biographer Samba Gadjigo. Sembene! tells the story … Read More
L-R: Dennis Lim, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Angelique Kidjo, and Mahen Bonneti After opening at Film Society of Lincoln Center on May 4, 2016 with Tanna, the astounding feature debut of Bentley Dean and Martin Butler and the first feature shot entirely in … Read More
Sembene!, the story of the “father of African cinema,”, told by a close friend and autobiographer Samba Gadjigo opens today in New York at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene, a self-taught novelist and filmmaker fought against enormous odds … Read More
L-R: Abderrahmane Sissako, Samba Gadjigo, Mahen Bonettti, founder of the New York African Film Festival and Frances Bodomo By Isseu Diouf-Campbell The 20th New York African Film Festival kicked off with a reception and screening of Guelwaar, a film directed … Read More
