Souleymane Cissé (1940)
Souleymane Cissé was a Malian film director, regarded as one of the first generation of African filmmakers. He was called “Africa’s greatest living filmmaker” while his film Yeelen has been called…
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Kevin Brownlow (1938)
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Koo Stark (1956)
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Bruce McCarty (1920)
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Marilyn Horne (1934)
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Michael Forshaw (1952)
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Georg Lurich (1876)
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