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AWARD-winning Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Semb??ne -- considered the father of African cinema for his 1965 movie Black Girl, the first African feature film--was more influential than most politicians. His warm, internationally acclaimed films included Xala and Moolaadé, the story of a woman who tries to shield a group of girls from genital mutilation. A former dockworker and novelist, he turned to film at age 40 to reach Africa's largely illiterate masses and co-founded the biannual FESPACO film festival, called the Cannes of Africa...
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