"Ousmane Semb\u00E8ne"@en . "2007Z"^^ . . "1923Z"^^ . . . "2007-06-09Z"^^ . . . "Semb\u00E8ne, Ousmane"@en . . "film director, producer, screenwriter, actor & author" . . . "1923-01-01Z"^^ . "Ousmane Semb\u00E8ne (1 January 1923 \u2013 9 June 2007), often credited in the French style as Semb\u00E8ne Ousmane in articles and reference works, was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and has often been called the \"father of African film\". Descended from a Serer family through his mother from the line of Matar S\u00E8ne, Ousmane Semb\u00E8ne was particularly drawn to Serer religious festivals especially the Tuur festival."@en .