Borom Sarret

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07/06/2014 A day in the life of a Senegalese wagon-driver, an impoverished petty bourgeois. Much better than The Turin Horse. See more 02/17/2012 Ousmane Sembene's early short film explores the bleak lifestyle of a poor cart driver in postcolonial Africa and is said to have sewn the seeds for all of the Senegalese auteur's famous social realist pictures. Sembene's slickly simplistic approach to filmmaking generates a profound sense of immediacy and the film's parable-esque narrative is accessible, engaging and remarkably effective. Credited as the first ever black African film from a black African director, 'Borom Sarret' is a noteworthy cinematic achievement and a worthwhile watch for film enthusiasts. See more 09/28/2009 Ousmane Sembene's first short film isn't great. Formally, it tends toward awkwardness and it plays like a heavy handed exercise in Neo-Realist aesthetics. Still, it's both historically and emotionally compelling and well worth watching. See more 04/04/2008 Okay, so this is 'Third Cinema'! It makes sense, it clearly is. This was interesting and thought provoking. But the man was annoying! Very! Not much else to say! Well there is, but it's very in depth, but on the surface, this is merely a decent film from Africa...I should give it more credit (adjusts stars to 3 1/2) there now it got credit! I am just rambling... See more 03/16/2008 A powerful short film about the life of a struggling cart drive in Senegal. It captures the despair and futility of poverty as well as oppression present in daily life under colonialism perfectly. See more Read all reviews

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