Écoutez! Une Invitation Au Paysage Sonore Des Films D’Ousmane Sembène
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Published In
Présence Francophone: Revue Internationale De Langue Et De Littérature
Abstract
The role of sound is analyzed in five films by Ousmane Sembène, including his first films Borom Sarret (1963), Niaye (1964) and La Noire de... [Black Girl] (1966). The sounds weave an ensemble or “braid” themselves into the fabric of the film in accordance with a concept theorized by critic Trish FitzSimons. This specific nature of braided sounds reveals narrative elements by way of Sembène’s sound technologies and choices and thus invites spectators to enter into a dialogic community, or even a discursive community, with the filmmaker, his films, and other spectators world-wide.
Recommended Citation
Carina Yervasi.
(2025).
"Écoutez! Une Invitation Au Paysage Sonore Des Films D’Ousmane Sembène".
Présence Francophone: Revue Internationale De Langue Et De Littérature.
Volume 100,
Issue 1.
190-205.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-french/82
