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Documentary filmmaker speaks on Ousmane Sembène, father of African cinema

BlockReportRadio.com speaks wit’ Jason Silverman about his new documentary “Sembene,” which chronicles the life of the late father of African cinema, Ousmane Sembène from Senegal. It screens at the Mill Valley Film Festival on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 5:45 p.m., at Sequoia 2, 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, and Thursday, Oct. 15, 3:15 p.m., at Rafael 1, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael.

Wanda’s Picks for February 2015

Given the trajectory of 2014 regarding Black lives, perhaps February would be a great time to reflect on what bell hooks calls “the love ethic,” a principle Dr. King embodied and preached. Langston Hughes would have been 116 on Feb. 1 (his mother, Carrie Langston, was born Jan. 22, 1873). Albert Woodfox will be 68 on Feb. 19. Hopefully he will be eating cake under some sunny sky, a freed man by then.