24th Annual Cascade Festival of African Films
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Senegal, 1963 , 18 min.
Ousmane Sembène Retrospective with Dr. Amadou Fofana, author of The Films of Ousmane Sembène
The genesis of black African cinema can be traced to Borom Sarret, a short, stark masterpiece that chronicles a day in the life of a Dakar cart-driver. The frustrating day of this “borom sarret” (a Wolof expression for cart-driver) leaves him cheated out of his wages and deprived of his cart. In this striking, evocative film, Sembène conveys the toll of loss and poverty, and the stain of European colonization on Africa.
In Wolof and French with English subtitles.
Saturday, February 8th 2014, 1:00pm at the Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104
Note: Ousmane Sembène Retrospective with Dr. Amadou Fofana, author of The Films of Ousmane Sembène
Saturday, March 8th 2014, 1:00pm at the Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104
Note: New showing due to snow closure on Feb 8th. Ousmane Sembène Retrospective with Dr. Amadou Fofana, author of The Films of Ousmane Sembène
All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
