| Screening Schedule |
| Friday, November 14, 2008 |
| Saturday, November 15, 2008 |
| Sunday, November 16, 2008 |
| Monday, November 17, 2008 |
| Tuesday, November 18, 2008 |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 |
| Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 |
The screening schedule of the 49th T.I.F.F. is also available in.pdf format
There are extra screenings of Greek films on Monday the 24th, is available in .pdf format.
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| Director | | Ousmane Sembene | 
Filmography
1963 Borom Sarret/The Cart Driver (short)
1963 L’Empire Songhaï/The Songhaï Empire (short doc.)
1964 Niaye (short)
1966 La Noire de.../Black Girl
1968 Mandabi/The Money Order
1969 (Traumatisme de la femme face à la) polygamie/
Women and the Trauma of Polygamy (doc.)
1969 Problème de l’emploi a.k.a. Les Dérives du chômage/
Unemployment Problems (doc)
1970 Tauw (short)
1971 Emitaï/God of Thunder
1972 Jeux Olympiques de Munich/The Munich Olympic Games (doc.)
1974 Xala/The Curse
1976 Ceddo
1988 Camp de Thiaroye/Camp Thiaroye
1992 Guelwaar
1999 L’héroisme au quotidian/Daily Heroism (short)
2000 Faat Kiné
2004 Moolaadé
Biography
He was born in 1923 and died in 2007. He is a Senegalese writer, chronicler and film director, best-known for his historical- political works with strong social comment. In the 1960s he developed an interest in the cinema and went to the Gorki Institute in Moscow to study film production. His Black Girl was the first film ever produced by an African filmmaker and won the Jean Vigo Award at the Cannes IFF 1966. He often turned his short stories and novels into films. During his career as a director, he received several international awards and his films were immensely popular in Africa.
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The Cart Driver / Ousmane Sembene |  A day in the life of a poor horse-cart driver in Dakar. His passengers systematically avoid paying. A well dressed gentleman takes him to the wealthy part of the city. A policeman confiscates his cart. When he returns home penniless, his wife leaves him their baby and promises to find money for food.
| | Director: | Ousmane Sembene | | Script: | Ousmane Sembene | | Photographer: | Christian Lacoste | | Montage: | André Gaudier | | With: | Abdoulaye Ly (Borrom Saret), Albourat (the horse) | | Production: | Les Actualités Françaises | | Production Country: | Senegal-France | | Co-production: | Les Films Domirev | | Type: | 16mm B&W | | Duration: | 22' | | Production Year: | 1963 | | Screening Schedule | | JOHN CASSAVETES: | Friday, November 14, 2008 - 15:30 | | PAVLOS ZANNAS: | Saturday, November 15, 2008 - 15:00 | | Return |
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