Samba Gadjigo

Samba Gadjigo
Born
Samba Gadjigo

(1954-10-12) October 12, 1954 (age 71)
Kidira, Senegal
Alma materUniversity of Dakar
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Dakar
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
OccupationsDirector, producer, screenwriter, lecturer
Years active1986–present

Samba Gadjigo (born 12 October 1954), is a Senegalese filmmaker and writer.[1] He is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed film Sembene!.[2]

Personal life

He was born on 12 October 1954 in Kidira, Senegal. He graduated from the University of Dakar and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Dakar, then received his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He currently works as the Professor of French in Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts since 1986.[3]

Career

In 2015, he directed the film Sembene! along with Jason Silverman.[4] The film was based on the life of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène often known as the father of African cinema. The film had its first public screening at Sundance Film Festival in Utah.[2] The film received critical acclaim[5][6] and won several awards and accolades at international film festivals.[7] The film was a finalist for the Camera d’Or in the 2015 Cannes Film Festival[8] as well as won the Jury Prize at the 2016 Luxor African Film Festival. It also won the Prix de la Jeuness at the 2017 Escales Documentaires de Libreville and then won the Paul Robeson Prize at the 2016 Newark Black Film Festival. The film later received the Prize for Best Documentary at the Emerge Film Festival.[1]

In 2016, Gadjigo received the Faculty Award for Scholarship. Apart from filmmaking, he is also a prolific author and contributed with African Cinema and Human Rights, Research in African Literatures, and Contributions in Black Studies.[1] In March 2016, he was honored with Meribeth E. Cameron Faculty Award for Scholarship from Mount Holyoke College.[9]

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref.
2015 Sembene! Director, producer, writer Documentary

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Samba Gadjigo: Helen Day Gould Professor of French". mtholyoke. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Gadjigo's film, "a voice and vision for Africa."". mtholyoke. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Film Screening: SEMBENE! The Inspiring Story of the Father of African Cinema with Director Samba Gadjigo". stanford. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ "SAMBA GADJIGO – WE ARE MADE OF STORIES". radioplasma. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes".
  6. ^ Bilge Ebiri. "Bilge Ebiri's Top 10 Movies of 2015". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  7. ^ "Professor's film recognized internationally". mtholyoke. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Professor's film to screen at Cannes Festival". mtholyoke. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Four MHC professors receive faculty awards". mtholyoke. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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