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AVAILABLE ON DVD
DVD
Item#:
AFR023-1DVD
Price: $39.95




Available on DVD in the U.S. only as
packaged with the Sembene film, "Black Girl"
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"Borom Sarret"
1963
Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Called "the
most seminal work of African cinema" (Ephraim Katz, The Film Encyclopedia),
this short film launched the career of Ousmane Sembene, the most important
filmmaker of sub-Saharan Africa. The film follows a horse-cart driver in
Dakar struggling through the day and witnessing the immense gap between the
poor and the bourgeoisie. French with English subtitles.
20 minutes. |
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