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Tag Archives: Burkina Faso
Moolaadé (2004) Ousmane Sembene, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart. Read More »
The Night of Truth / La nuit de la vérité (2004) Fanta Régina Nacro, Moussa Cissé, Georgette Paré, Adama Ouédraogo
La Nuit de la Vérité is situated in an imaginary West African country. After ten years of civil war between Read More »
Anger of the Gods / La colère des dieux (2003) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Omar Ouedraogo, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Ina Cissé
A king’s son takes over when his father dies. Read More »
Kini and Adams (1997) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Vusi Kunene, David Mohloki, Nthati Moshesh
Kini and Adams are two friends leaving in a Zimbabwe village Read More »
Buud Yam (1997) Gaston Kaboré, Colette Kaboré
In an early 19th century African village, Wend Kuuni – a young man Read More »
Gods Gift / Wend Kuuni (1982) Gaston Kaboré, Serge Yanogo, Rosine Yanogo, Joseph Nikiema
In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. Read More »
Samba Traoré (1992) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Bakary Sangaré, Mariam Kaba, Abdoulaye Komboudri
Samba Traore returns to his village flush with funds. Read More »
The Heart’s Cry / Le cri du coeur (1994) Idrissa Ouedraogo, Richard Bohringer, Saïd Diarra, Félicité Wouassi
Moctar lives in Mali with his mother Saffi and his ailing grandfather. Read More »
Rabi (1992) Gaston Kaboré, Colette Kaboré, Joséphine Kaboré, Yacouba Kaboré
A blacksmith falls off his bicycle when he tries to avoid a tortoise which crosses his path. Read More »
Ashakara (1991) Gérard Louvin, James Campbell, Jean-Marc Pasquet, Willy Monshengwo
Set in Togo, West Africa, Ashakara is a modern African tale. An African doctor finds Read More »
Eye of the Storm / L’oeil du cyclone (2015) Sekou Traoré, Maimouna N’Diaye, Fargass Assandé, Abidine Dioari
In a nameless, African country riven with civil war, a young female lawyer is the court-appointed counsel for a rebel leader. Read More »
Sankofa (1993) Haile Gerima, Kofi Ghanaba, Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Alexandra Duah
A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation Read More »
Dreams of Dust AKA Rêves de poussière (2006) Laurent Salgues, Makena Diop, Adama Ouédraogo, Rasmané Ouédraogo
A Nigerian peasant comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him. Read More »
Zan Boko (1988) Gaston Kaboré, Mathias Bayili, Colette Kaboré, Joseph Nikiema
In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member Read More »