Gaston Kaboré
Gaston Kaboré | |
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| Born | April 23, 1951 Bobo-Dioulasso |
| Nationality | Burkinabé |
| Citizenship | Burkinabé |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne, France |
| Occupation | film director |
Gaston Kaboré(born 1951) is aBurkinabéfilm director and an important figure in Burkina Faso's film industry.[1]He has won awards for his filmsWend KuuniandBuud Yam.He is the founder of Imagine Institute, a school he opened in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2003, that provides workshops and residencies for film and television professionals.
Biography[edit]
Kaboré was born in 1951 inBobo-DioulassoinUpper Volta.[2]
He studied history at theSorbonneinParis,France,receiving hislicenseandMaîtrise(Master's) degrees.[2]While researching the history of racial prejudice against Africa by its colonisers for his Maîtrise, Kaboré was drawn to contemporarydocumentary filmswhich, he felt, continued to propagate such stereotypes.[2]To better understand the "language of cinema", he decided to go toESECfilm school. Originally intending to use film as a medium for disseminating historical knowledge, he gradually grew passionate about film for its own sake. He received his degree in Film Production in 1976.[2]He returned to his native country to be director of the Centre National du Cinéma. His filmWend Kuuniwas only the second feature film produced in Burkina Faso.[1]His work for the screen, focusing on his country's rural heritage, has received numerous international awards, including a FrenchCésar award.
In 1997 he won the first prize at the 15thPanafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou(FESPACO) with the filmBuud Yam.[2]
From 1985 to 1997 he was the Secretary-General of thePan African Federation of Filmmakers(FEPACI).[3]In 2003 he opened Imagine Institute, a school inOuagadougouthat provides training for television and film professionals.[1][3]Kabore created the school to address the lack of African training schools[1]and in the belief that “cinema is able to play a fundamental role of the restoration of [African] self-confidence, self-esteem.”[4]
Filmography[edit]
- Wend Kuuni(1983)
- Zan Boko(1988)
- Rabi(1992)
- Lumière and Company(1995)
- Buud Yam(1997)
Notes[edit]
- ^abcd"Burkina Faso gets new film school".BBC.2005-03-01.Retrieved2008-02-11.
- ^abcdeEke, Maureen N.; Kenneth W. Harrow; Emmanuel Yewah (2000).African Images: Recent Studies and Text in Cinema.Trenton, New Jersey:Africa World Press.pp. 31–39.ISBN0-86543-819-6.OCLC43083199.
- ^ab"Interview with...Gaston Kaboré".UNESCO.Retrieved2008-02-11.
- ^Dupont, David."Filmmaker Gaston Kabore sees movies playing role in coming African Renaissance – BG Independent News".Retrieved2024-02-21.
Further reading[edit]
Books[edit]
- Ukadike, Nwachukwu Frank(2002).Gaston Kaboré.Questioning African Cinema: Conversations with Filmmakers.Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 109–120.ISBN0-8166-4005-X.
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