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How Ousmane Sembene claimed the camera for Africa

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Because you don't actually need a massive studio backlot to make a masterpiece. Armed with minimal resources, he directed stark, uncompromising films that completely dismantled outsider narratives and aggressively claimed the camera for the continent.

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