Legendary 82-year-old Senegalese filmmmaker-novelist; I've seen about seven of his movies (whenever they played NYC in the last 12 years or so), and if you have a chance to see ANY of them, do it. My top recommendations would be Xala, Black Girl and Guelwaar.
Roger Ebert put "Moolaade" on his Ten Best of 2004 list, which will probably aid it enormously in getting a DVD deal... which would be a first for Sembene, far as I can judge.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 January 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)