http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-africa_democracy/africa_film_1575.jsp Comments for "Africa in the mirror of cinema, Ousmane Sembène " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-africa_democracy/africa_film_1575.jsp <div class="pull_quote_article"><div class="pull_quote_image"><img src="/content/articles/1575/images/SO.jpg" border="0" alt="Sembene Ousmane" /><span class="image_caption"><div align="center"><em>Sembene Ousmane</em></div></span> </div><p> I have made seventeen films in Africa, probably more than any other <a href="http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Sembene.html" target="_blank">director</a>. It gets more difficult. If my purpose was just to satisfy the taste of the Euro-American public I would have been able to make a film every other year. But the film distributors are geared towards certain types of film, and I think the European and American public is prepared to see only a certain category of African film. If I really wanted to prostitute myself and sell my country, I would have been able to do that. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-africa_democracy/africa_film_1575.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-africa_democracy/africa_film_1575.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-africa_democracy/africa_film_1575.jsp#comment africa africa &amp; democracy arts &amp; cultures film Original Copyright Ousmane Sembène Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0000 1575 at http://www.opendemocracy.net