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Thanks to those who participated in SEMBENE ACROSS AFRICA, the fifth edition, October 28-30, 2022. The program has, through its first five sessions, produced 435 screenings in 48 African nations.

Our 2022 Sembene Across Africa venues!

Edited by the amazing Bryan Saunders at Homestead Editorial; music by Ken Myhr; animation by Edwina White and James Dunlap

Whether it’s DeMille, Hitchcock, the Senegalese filmmaker Sembéne … we’re all walking in their footsteps every day…
— Martin Scorsese