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Borom sarret

Borom sarret

1963
Drama
Short Film
20m
The camera travels with a poor cart-driver through a day's work as he struggles to make a living. As he picks up and drops off passengers, including a man carrying his child's body to the cemetery, the harsh terms of daily life for the poor are dramatized. Crisis strikes when he drives his cart into the old colonial sector, where horse-carts are prohibited, and he suffers a seemingly unpayable fine. (americal library)
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Borom sarret

1963
Drama
Short Film
20m
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Rated 14 Jul 2009
67
75th
This short film is considered to be the first African film made by a indigenous black man. It's also a fine example of neo-realism. It shows poverty in slums, and rich life in uptown, that seems to coexist without intervening with each other. A strong commentary about class society, and a statement, that Senegalese independence didn't solve all the problems of its people.
Rated 25 Jul 2016
76
69th
Sembene uses cinema like an empathy machine and carves out an aching piece of everyday life.
Rated 12 May 2018
70
75th
An interesting short film with excellent commentary.
Rated 02 May 2021
75
44th
Neorealist and very reminiscent of 'Bicycle Thieves'.
Rated 15 Jun 2022
86
80th
Ver esse curta no presente momento em que se encontra o Brasil é ainda mais doloroso, por mais que não queiramos, a miséria é universal em todas as suas faces. Na Mubi.
Rated 12 Sep 2023
90
87th
Although it's difficult to establish exactly who came first, this 20 minute film is among the very first films directed by an African in Africa, and the first film over which Ousmane Sembene had complete control. It manages to paint a realistically bleak portrait of extreme poverty in Senegal after independence while having a fairly light tone.
Rated 19 May 2016
70
75th
A short foretelling of "Black Girl", also an unsentimental tragedy, concerned with class divisions and told to a large extent through V/O.

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