The Cart Driver

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.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Ousmane Sembene
Cinematography: Christian Lacoste
Editing: Andre Gaudier
Actors: Abdoulaye Ly (Borrom Saret), Albourat (the horse)
Production: Les Actualites Francaises
Co-production: Les Films Domirev
Format: 16mm B&W
Production Country: Senegal-France
Production Year: 1963
Duration: 22

Ousmane Sembene

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.

Filmography

1963 Borom Sarret/The Cart Driver (short)
1963 L’Empire Songhai/The Songhai Empire (short doc.)
1964 Niaye (short)
1966 La Noire de.../Black Girl
1968 Mandabi/The Money Order
1969 (Traumatisme de la femme face a la) polygamie/
Women and the Trauma of Polygamy (doc.)
1969 Probleme de l’emploi a.k.a. Les Derives du chomage/
Unemployment Problems (doc)
1970 Tauw (short)
1971 Emitai/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’heroisme au quotidian/Daily Heroism (short)
2000 Faat Kine
2004 Moolaade