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...The fearless Senegalese writer and film-maker Ousmane Sembène had a talent for reckoning with the past while looking to the future of his homeland....
...Yet the movie unfolds in vibrant sun-brightness, the screen filled with the hopeful smile of the capable Aisha (Anna Diop), a migrant to New York from Senegal. Good news sets the film in motion....
...Among the luminaries she met was Ousmane Sembène, the late Senegalese novelist and director whose centenary was marked at last month’s Fespaco....
...There has never been a better time to watch Mandabi, the second feature by the great Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène....
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