Three Revolutionary Films by Ousmane Sembène (Blu-ray)

Directed by: Ousmane Sembène

Description

Having blazed a trail for African filmmakers to tell their own stories on-screen, Senegalese auteur Ousmane Sembène pushed his lifelong project—to use cinema as a vehicle for social change—into even more urgent and provocative territory in the 1970s.

Searing critiques of colonialism, political corruption, patriarchal arrogance, and religious indoctrination, his three features from this decade— the radical call to resistance Emitaï, the wickedly subversive satire Xala, and the controversial historical epic Ceddo—confirm his standing as a fearless truth-teller who wields the camera as a weapon against oppression in all its forms.

Key Features

• Three-film collection featuring Emitaï, Xala, and Ceddo.
• Directed by pioneering Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène.
• Sharp, politically charged stories confronting colonialism, corruption, patriarchy, and religious power.
• New 4K digital restorations of all three films with uncompressed monaural soundtracks.
• Media format: Blu-ray, subtitled.
• Release date: May 21, 2024.
• Studio: CRT0N.
• Subtitles: English.
• Three-disc special edition set.

Special Features