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Film scholar and preservationist Aboubakar Sanogo introduces this program of rediscovered newsreels produced after Senegal attained independence in 1960.
In 2017, the abandoned former Ministry of Information building in Dakar housed an unexpected discovery: forgotten, vintage newsreels from the early years of the Republic of Senegal. Made by individuals who helped shape the future of Senegalese and African cinema, they serve as an important historical record of the newly independent country. Featured in the reels are preparations for the first World Festival of Black Arts, an event that marked Dakar as postcolonial Africa’s cultural capital and introduced a global audience to African film, dance, music, visual art, and more. Additionally, there are two reels about the acclaimed Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène, whose films are featured twice during Cinema Revival. In French with English subtitles. (79 mins., DCP)
Program lineup
“Le Sénegal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres”
(“Senegal and the World Festival of Black Arts,” Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, 1966, Senegal)
“IFE/3Ème Festival des Arts”
(“IFE/3rd Arts Festival,” Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, 1971, Senegal)
“Sénégal an XVI”
(“Senegal Year XVI,” Babacar Gueye and Orlando Lopez, 1976, Senegal)
“Voyage aux Antilles du Président Senghor”
(“A Trip with President Senghor to the Antilles,” Georges Caristan, 1976, Senegal)
See the complete 2024 Cinema Revival lineup.
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Senegalese Newsreels 1966–1976, courtesy of the Film Foundation.
Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in collaboration with the Ministère de la Culture et du Patrimoine Historique de Senegal – Direction du Cinéma. Restoration funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
This restoration is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers and UNESCO―in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna―to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Sarah Maldoror: Tricontinental Cinema.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate
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Senegalese Newsreels 1966–1976
