Sembène: The Making of African Cinema
by Manthia Diawara, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Directors: Manthia Diawara,
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Production: Tisch School of the Arts, Ngugi Productions in association with Channel Four
Editing: Lora Hays
Camera: Larry Banks
Sound: Filipe Borrero,
Patrick Mcguinn
Countries: Mali/USA
Year: 1994
Runtime: 60’
Colour, sound
Language: English
Subtitles: Portuguese
With Sembène Ousmane.
This rich documentary follows the legendary Senegalese filmmaker Sembène Ousmane from the Pan African Film Festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, back to the streets of Dakar and his Galle Ceddo home at Yoff, overlooking the sea. Revisiting several locations of his films, Sembène Ousmane reminisces about his career and discusses his craft.
Maumaus
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Monday to Friday, 10h00 to 13h00,
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Upcoming:
Manthia Diawara
AI: African Intelligence
Batoto Yetu Portugal, Caxias
01.12.2024, Sunday, 11h00
The ticket price is €8.00 and includes lunch, with required registration at batotoyetu@gmail.com, indicating name and telephone number.
Current:
Problematising Reality
Programme 6
Beyond the White Screen
Film:
Les mains libres (1964) by Ennio Lorenzini
Discussion:
Émilie Goudal, Zineb Sedira
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Auditório 3, 31.10.2024 | 18h30
Current:
Seminar
Amanda Boetzkes
Realism Without Authority
01.04, 04.04.2022
10h–13h, 14h–17h
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Registration is free but limited to the number of seats available. Please send an email with a short CV to admin@maumaus.org by 24.03.2022. Confirmation of registration will be sent by email. The seminar will be in English.
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1750-105 Lisboa, Portugal
Wednesday to Sunday, 15h00 to 19h00
or by appointment.
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Loretta Fahrenholz
Circle Navel Nil
24.04. – 27.06.2021
24.06 | 18h00 Online conversation with Sabeth
Buchmann, Loretta Fahrenholz and Jürgen Bock
Current:
Luisa Cunha
ODD
28.09. – 22.12.2024
20.01 | 16h00 Opening of the exhibition
16.03 | 17h00 Talk between Dozie Kanu
and Simon Thompson
Current:
ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEARS
Sid Iandovka & Anya Tsyrlina with Leslie Thornton & Thomas Zummer
A combined exhibition between
Lumiar Cité and Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg.
Lumiar Cité
27.04. – 28.07.2024
Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
18.05. – 28.07.2024
27.04. – 28.07.2024 | Lumiar Cité
18.05. – 28.07.2024 | Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
A co-production by Lumiar Cité
and Artium Museum
14.10 | 17h00 Book launch with talk between
Alejandro Cesarco and
Miguel Wandschneider
| 18h00 Opening of the exhibition
Current:
Artium Museum, Vitoria-Gasteiz
24.03. – 24.09.2023
Upcoming:
Lumiar Cité
14.10.2023 – 14.01.2024
Collaboration:
The Educational Web
Kunstverein in Hamburg
01.04. – 06.08.2023
Closed 24, 25, 31 December and 1 January
Arne Kaiser and Jürgen Bock
In cooperation with Lumiar Cité:
Tiffany Chung
Thu Thiêm: an archaeological
project for future remembrance
08.06. - 08.09.2019
Johann Jacobs Museum
In co-production with Lumiar Cité:
Alejandro Cesarco
Other Recent Examples
24.03. - 24.09.2023
Artium Museum
The Educational Web
31.03. - 06.08.2023
Kunstverein in Hamburg
Maumaus/Lumiar Cité is funded by República Portuguesa – Cultura/Direção-Geral das Artes. With the support of Câmara Municipal de Lisboa and Junta de Freguesia do Lumiar.
