Gaston Kaboré

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Gaston Kaboré (b. 1951) is a Burkinabé film director and an important figure in Burkina Faso's film industry.[1] He has won awards for his films Wend Kuuni and Buud Yam.

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Kaboré was born in 1951 in Bobo-Dioulasso in Upper Volta.[2]

He studied history at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, receiving his license and Maîtrise (Master's) degrees.[2] While researching the history of racial prejudice against Africa by its colonisers for his Maîtrise, Kaboré was drawn to contemporary documentary films which, he felt, continued to propagate such stereotypes.[2] To better understand the "language of cinema", he decided to go to film 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 film Wend Kuuni was 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 French César award.

In 1997 he won the first prize at the 15th Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) with the film Buud Yam.[2]

From 1985 to 1997 he was the ll as Secretary-General of Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers.[3] Since 2005 he has had a training school, Imagine, in Ouagadougou which trains professionals in the television and cinema industries.[1][3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c “Burkina Faso gets new film school”, BBC, 2005-03-01, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4305449.stm>. Retrieved on 11 February 2008 
  2. ^ a b c d e Eke, Maureen N.; Kenneth W. Harrow, Emmanuel Yewah (2000). African Images: Recent Studies and Text in Cinema. Africa World Press, 31–39. ISBN 0865438196. 
  3. ^ a b Interview with...Gaston Kaboré. UNESCO. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.

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