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Samba Gadjigo is the Helen Day Gould Professor of French and a member of the Africana Studies program at Mt. Holyoke College, the official biographer of Ousmane Sembène and the co-creator of The Sembène Project, which is dedicated to bringing African culture to the African people through the promotion of the works of Sembène. His film SEMBÈNE!, co-directed with Jason Silverman, premiered at the Sundance and Cannes film festivals and was named on of Vulture/New York Magazine’s top 10 films of 2015.

Jason Silverman is the co-Executive Director of Upstate Films and the co-creator of The Sembène Project and the documentary SEMBÈNE! With Samba Gadjigo, he created Sembène Across Africa, which to date has co-produced more than 450 free public screenings of the Ousmane Sembène’s works in 47 African nations. In total, the project, through the screenings, free streams and broadcasts, has reached millions of African viewers.

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