In this 2016 piece, filmmaker and cultural theorist Manthia Diawara (“African Film: New Forms and Aesthetics and Politics”) addreses the significance of Ousmane Sembène's debut film.
Manthia Diawara
Self
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Directed by John Ford
Sidney
Fuck
McQueen
Naqoyqatsi
Come See Me in the Good Light
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty