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 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. 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 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 ESEC 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 Secretary-General of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI).[3] In 2003 he opened Imagine Institute, a school in Ouagadougou that 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]- ^ a b c d "Burkina Faso gets new film school". BBC. 2005-03-01. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e Eke, 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. ISBN 0-86543-819-6. OCLC 43083199.
- ^ a b "Interview with...Gaston Kaboré". UNESCO. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
- ^ Dupont, David. "Filmmaker Gaston Kabore sees movies playing role in coming African Renaissance – BG Independent News". Retrieved 2024-02-21.
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. ISBN 0-8166-4005-X.
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