Praise Song

Praise Song — Plot

“In 2015, Jason Silverman and Samba Gadjigo released the acclaimed feature documentary SEMBÈNE!, on the life and career of Ousmane Sembène. For the following short documentary, the filmmakers have assembled footage from interviews that were not included in the original film, including musician Youssou N’Dour, activist and author Angela Davis, author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, filmmaker Clarence Delgado, and filmmaker and scholar Manthia Diawara” (Criterion Collection).

• Release date
• February 16, 2021
• Runtime
• 16 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Samba Gadjigo

Praise Song — Cast

Angela Davis Self Manthia Diawara Self

C

Clarence Thomas Delgado Self

C

Cheikh Hamidou Kane Self

N

Ngűgi Wa Thiiong’o Self Youssou N'Dour Self

C

Cornelia Moore Self

F

Fatoumata Coulibaly Self