Essential Cinema: Century of Sembène
EMITAÏ
Directed by Ousmane Sembène
Senegal, 1971, 1h 43min, DCP, In French and Wolof with English subtitles
There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.
Based on true events during WWII, EMITAÏ portrays the forced enlistment of Senegalese men and the systematic exploitation of the populace by the occupying Vichy French collaborators. Sembène presents a complex and layered portrait of the outrage and the response.
