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Africa, Africas (Videocassette : 62 min. ) [2001]
V.CASS. VHS 8686
Abstract: Three short segments present different facets of contemporary African life. Fantococà (23 min.) presents the cultural phenomenon of skin bleaching in Cameroon and the challenge it is now posing on notions of black pride and identity. Director: Agnès Ndibi. From The Other Side Of The River (18 min.) documents the effects of war on a community of Ethiopian women and children who were forcibly relocated into refugee camps. Director: Moji-da Abdi. Laafi Bala (20 min.) demonstrates the causes of wide-spread unemployment and poverty in Burkina Faso, where few institutional resources and government support are available, and the debilitating effects this is having on women and youth. Director: Fanta Regina Nacro
Director: Moji-da Abdi, Fanta Regina Nacro and Agnès Ndibi Distributor:Women Make Movies
Keywords: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, women, gender, beauty, war, refugees, youth, poverty
Art as a Verb in Africa: The Masks of the Bwa Village of Boni (DVD : 90 min. ) [2005]
DVD 8536
Abstract: The spectacular mask performances of the Bwa people in the village of Boni, in central Burkina Faso, include plank masks, hawks, lepers, dwarfs, serpents, and other spiritual beings. The masks' performances recreate the characters of the spiritual beings they represent. Filmed at the annual mask festival in 2005. Edited and produced by Christopher D. Roy.
Director: Yacouba Bonde Distributor:CustomFlix
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Bwa people, masquerade, art, performance
Awa: A Mother in West Africa (DVD : 28 min. ) [2005]
DVD 7838
Abstract: This is an intimate portrait of a single mother in Burkina Faso who supports her six children through her street-side rice business. Like so many African women, Awa has received no formal education and operates within the informal sector earning, on average, about $3 a day. As Awa narrates her life story, she never pauses in her unending preparation of the rice. Her father forced her to marry his childhood friend, and she bore four children before her husband died. Her husband's three other wives resented this new favorite and would not help her once she was widowed. Sustained by her faith in God, she began a street vending business to survive. Marrying again, this time for love, she was soon abandoned but left with two more children to feed. The film takes us through Awa's arduous 16 hour workday, interspliced with interviews of her children who are grateful for her hard work on their behalf. Here is a glimpse of some of the economic realities faced by women today in urban Africa.
Director: Alexis Curtis Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Burkina Faso, economy, women, marriage
Femmes aux yeux ouverts (Videocassette : 52 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 4471
Abstract: Surveys social conditions faced by women in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin, including circumcision, forced marriage, AIDS, and economic repression. Examines grass-roots efforts toward education and improvement as Africa opens to democracy.
Director: Anne-Laure Folly Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, West Africa, HIV/AIDS, female circumcision, feminism, marriage, health, women
Keita: The Heritage of the Griot (Videocassette : 94 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 2796
Abstract: Keita creates a unique world where the West Africa of the 13th century Sundjata epic and the West Africa of today co-exist and interpenetrate. Director Dani Kouyate frames his dramatization of the epic within the story of Mabo Keita, a contemporary boy from Burkina Faso, learning the history of his family. During the film, Mabo and his distant ancestor, Sundjata, engage in parallel quests to understand their destinies, to 'know the meaning of their names.'
Director: Dani Kouyate Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Mande, history, myth, feature film
Kounandi (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [2004]
V.CASS. VHS 8903
Abstract: Tells the story of Kounandi, a young beauty often scorned and overlooked because of her dwarfism, who earns her living and finds village favor making delicious cupcakes. Kounandi struggles to protect her adoptive mother and to reconcile her love for a young married man with her compassion for his dying wife.
Director: Apolline Traore Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Dyula, feature film
Making of Moolaadé (The) (Videocassette : 25 min. ) [2004]
VHS 9131
Abstract: Follows acclaimed author and director Ousmane Sembène during production in Burkina Faso and post-production in Morocco for his film Moolaadé. The work places female circumcision in a historical and social context. Through interviews with the director, actors and crew, the film documents the difficult material and human conditions under which African films are made. The interviews are also included as a special feature on the DVD that also includes the film itself. See also Mooladé.
Director: Samba Gadjigo Distributor:New Yorker Films
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Senegal, Morocco, Ousmane Sembène, film making
Me-ba-I'm Coming: a Travelogue (Videocassette : 9 min. ) [1997]
V. CASS. VHS 5945
Abstract: This nine minute video travelogue incorporates black and white super 8 landscapes from a bus window, panoramic self portraits at historic sites and voice over narration to recreate a marathon forty-eight hour round trip bus ride between Ouagadougou and Accra. The black and white countryside transforms from the dusty, arid Sahel of Burkina Faso to the lush, green hills and humid coast of Ghana. Meanwhile our African American mulatress, lesbian, narrator --white black boy girl -- recounts casual meetings, conversations and coming out in Africa.
Director: K. Lynch Distributor:Third World Newsreel
Keywords: West Africa, Burkina Faso, Ghana, lesbians, African Americans, travel
Moolaadé (Videocassette : 124 min. ) [2004]
VHS 9130/DVD 9615
Abstract: Moolaadé is set in a small African village, where four young girls facing ritual 'purification' flee to the household of Collé Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenaged daughter from the procedure. Collé invokes the time honored custom of moolaadé (sanctuary) to protect the fugitives. Tension mounts as the ensuing stand-off pits Collé against village traditionalists -- both male and female -- and endangers the prospective marriage of her daughter to the heir-apparent to the local throne. Also available in DVD format (DVD 9615). See also The Making of Moolade.
Director: Ousmane Sembène Distributor:New Yorker Films
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Senegal, Dyula, female genital cutting, gender, women, ritual marriage, feature film
Red Hat, Where Are You Going? = Bonnet rouge, où vas-tu? (Videocassette : 47 min. ) [2000]
V.CASS. VHS 8123
Abstract: An analysis of the socio-political position of traditional chiefs in Burkina Faso, this film examines the role of Mossi chiefs in the West African nation. Using interviews with chiefs and their critics, and archival footage, the film looks at how the chiefs have navigated political change, and at how they interact with both the government and people today.
Director: E. Adriaan Rouveroy Van Nieuwaal Distributor:First Run/Icarus Film
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Mossi, politics and government, chieftaincy, history
Sankara (Videocassette : 20 min. ) [1991]
VHS 9318
Abstract: Thomas Sankara, the late President of Burkina Faso, emerged as an idealist in a generation of young African leaders more concerned with material wealth. In office, he engineered drastic improvements, from the symbolic change of the country's name from the colonial Upper Volta to Burkina Faso ('The Country of Free and Dignified People'), to providing real health care for the country's children. On October 15, 1987, Sankara fell prey to violent African politics when he was assassinated by troops loyal to Blaise Campaore, his second in command - and life long friend.
Director: Balufa Bakupa-Kanyinda Distributor:First Run Icarus Films
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta, history, government, politics
Sembène: the Making of African Cinema (Videocassette : 61 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 5295
Abstract: Follows the Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène from the Pan African Film Festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso back to Senegal, and finally to the locations of his films.
Director: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Manthia Diawara Distributor:NA
Keywords: Senegal, film directors, art, history
Tales of Sand and Snow (DVD : 49 min. ) [2004]
DVD7232
Abstract: Having recently immigrated to Montreal, Burkinabé director Hyacinthe Combary explores his roots in an effort to rediscover the spiritual values of his people. His quest leads him to the northern forests of Quebec and an enlightening encounter with the Atikamekw of Wemotaci. In filming this Aboriginal people, he creates a moving cinematic dialogue between the Gourmantche of Burkina Faso, who practise the divinatory art of geomancy, and the men of the taiga, who connect with the spirits through sweat lodges. In this journey between North and South, the filmmaker comes to the realization that his quest is universal. 'It is the same question for all the peoples of the earth: With the globalization of culture, how can one keep from becoming dehumanized, from being cut off from one's deepest being?'
Director: Hyacinthe Combary Distributor:NA
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Gourmantche, Quebec, Wemotaci, Atikamekw, religion, divination
Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man (DVD : 52 min. ) [2006]
DVD 9601
Abstract: A biography of Thomas Sankara, a charismatic army captain who became the first president of Burkina Faso after a popularly-supported coup. During his four years in office before being assassinated, he instituted a wide range of progressive social and economic reforms.
Director: Robin Shuffield Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta, Thomas Sankara, politics, development, economics, postcolonialism
To Be a Woman in Burkina Faso (Videocassette : 14 min. ) [1992]
V. CASS. VHS 2188
Abstract: The lot of women in Burkina Faso is not an easy one. A look into the lives of women who must work in the fields in addition to the duties of childcare, home care and cooking, and the women working in the city's factories who are hardly better off. The future, women feel, will be better only when women are better educated, have the same job opportunities as men and have their own reasonable source of income.
Director: Maurice Kabore Distributor:Films for the Humanities
Keywords: Burkina Faso, women, economy
Wend Kuuni (Videocassette : 70 min. ) [1982]
V. CASS. VHS 1557
Abstract: In the literary tradition of an African tale, this film is the story of a little boy whose traumatic experiences cause him to lose one family and find another. The action takes place in Burkina Faso on the West African savannah in pre-colonial times.
Director: Gaston Kabore Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, family, feature film
With These Hands: How Women Feed Africa (Videocassette : 33 min. ) [1987]
V. CASS.VHS 2284
Abstract: Three women tell stories of the difficult lives in the farmlands of Burkina Faso, Kenya and Zimbabwe. Producer: Chris Sheppard.
Director: Chris Sheppard, Claude Sauvageot Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Zimbabwe, women, farming
Yaaba Soore: the Path of the Ancestors/ Dance of the Spirits: Mask Styles and Performances in the Upper Volta (Videocassette : 45 min. ) [1988]
V. CASS. VHS 6634
Abstract: These two documentaries discuss the types and styles of masks used in the religious ceremonies and dance performances of various peoples of Burkina Faso.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: Burkina Faso, masks, religion, ritual, art, performance
Zan Boko (Videocassette : 92 min. ) [1988]
V. CASS. VHS 1558
Abstract: A rural family's world is brutally disrupted when their ancestral village is absorbed by the expanding boundaries of their country's largest city. A crusading journalist takes up their case against the powerful interests whose policies overwhelm traditional African society.
Director: Gaston Kabore Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, urbanization, media, feature film
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Africa, Africas (Videocassette : 62 min. ) [2001]
V.CASS. VHS 8686
Abstract: Three short segments present different facets of contemporary African life. Fantococà (23 min.) presents the cultural phenomenon of skin bleaching in Cameroon and the challenge it is now posing on notions of black pride and identity. Director: Agnès Ndibi. From The Other Side Of The River (18 min.) documents the effects of war on a community of Ethiopian women and children who were forcibly relocated into refugee camps. Director: Moji-da Abdi. Laafi Bala (20 min.) demonstrates the causes of wide-spread unemployment and poverty in Burkina Faso, where few institutional resources and government support are available, and the debilitating effects this is having on women and youth. Director: Fanta Regina Nacro
Director: Moji-da Abdi, Fanta Regina Nacro and Agnès Ndibi Distributor:Women Make Movies
Keywords: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, women, gender, beauty, war, refugees, youth, poverty
Art as a Verb in Africa: The Masks of the Bwa Village of Boni (DVD : 90 min. ) [2005]
DVD 8536
Abstract: The spectacular mask performances of the Bwa people in the village of Boni, in central Burkina Faso, include plank masks, hawks, lepers, dwarfs, serpents, and other spiritual beings. The masks' performances recreate the characters of the spiritual beings they represent. Filmed at the annual mask festival in 2005. Edited and produced by Christopher D. Roy.
Director: Yacouba Bonde Distributor:CustomFlix
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Bwa people, masquerade, art, performance
Awa: A Mother in West Africa (DVD : 28 min. ) [2005]
DVD 7838
Abstract: This is an intimate portrait of a single mother in Burkina Faso who supports her six children through her street-side rice business. Like so many African women, Awa has received no formal education and operates within the informal sector earning, on average, about $3 a day. As Awa narrates her life story, she never pauses in her unending preparation of the rice. Her father forced her to marry his childhood friend, and she bore four children before her husband died. Her husband's three other wives resented this new favorite and would not help her once she was widowed. Sustained by her faith in God, she began a street vending business to survive. Marrying again, this time for love, she was soon abandoned but left with two more children to feed. The film takes us through Awa's arduous 16 hour workday, interspliced with interviews of her children who are grateful for her hard work on their behalf. Here is a glimpse of some of the economic realities faced by women today in urban Africa.
Director: Alexis Curtis Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Burkina Faso, economy, women, marriage
Femmes aux yeux ouverts (Videocassette : 52 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 4471
Abstract: Surveys social conditions faced by women in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin, including circumcision, forced marriage, AIDS, and economic repression. Examines grass-roots efforts toward education and improvement as Africa opens to democracy.
Director: Anne-Laure Folly Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, West Africa, HIV/AIDS, female circumcision, feminism, marriage, health, women
Keita: The Heritage of the Griot (Videocassette : 94 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 2796
Abstract: Keita creates a unique world where the West Africa of the 13th century Sundjata epic and the West Africa of today co-exist and interpenetrate. Director Dani Kouyate frames his dramatization of the epic within the story of Mabo Keita, a contemporary boy from Burkina Faso, learning the history of his family. During the film, Mabo and his distant ancestor, Sundjata, engage in parallel quests to understand their destinies, to 'know the meaning of their names.'
Director: Dani Kouyate Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Mande, history, myth, feature film
Kounandi (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [2004]
V.CASS. VHS 8903
Abstract: Tells the story of Kounandi, a young beauty often scorned and overlooked because of her dwarfism, who earns her living and finds village favor making delicious cupcakes. Kounandi struggles to protect her adoptive mother and to reconcile her love for a young married man with her compassion for his dying wife.
Director: Apolline Traore Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Dyula, feature film
Making of Moolaadé (The) (Videocassette : 25 min. ) [2004]
VHS 9131
Abstract: Follows acclaimed author and director Ousmane Sembène during production in Burkina Faso and post-production in Morocco for his film Moolaadé. The work places female circumcision in a historical and social context. Through interviews with the director, actors and crew, the film documents the difficult material and human conditions under which African films are made. The interviews are also included as a special feature on the DVD that also includes the film itself. See also Mooladé.
Director: Samba Gadjigo Distributor:New Yorker Films
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Senegal, Morocco, Ousmane Sembène, film making
Me-ba-I'm Coming: a Travelogue (Videocassette : 9 min. ) [1997]
V. CASS. VHS 5945
Abstract: This nine minute video travelogue incorporates black and white super 8 landscapes from a bus window, panoramic self portraits at historic sites and voice over narration to recreate a marathon forty-eight hour round trip bus ride between Ouagadougou and Accra. The black and white countryside transforms from the dusty, arid Sahel of Burkina Faso to the lush, green hills and humid coast of Ghana. Meanwhile our African American mulatress, lesbian, narrator --white black boy girl -- recounts casual meetings, conversations and coming out in Africa.
Director: K. Lynch Distributor:Third World Newsreel
Keywords: West Africa, Burkina Faso, Ghana, lesbians, African Americans, travel
Moolaadé (Videocassette : 124 min. ) [2004]
VHS 9130/DVD 9615
Abstract: Moolaadé is set in a small African village, where four young girls facing ritual 'purification' flee to the household of Collé Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenaged daughter from the procedure. Collé invokes the time honored custom of moolaadé (sanctuary) to protect the fugitives. Tension mounts as the ensuing stand-off pits Collé against village traditionalists -- both male and female -- and endangers the prospective marriage of her daughter to the heir-apparent to the local throne. Also available in DVD format (DVD 9615). See also The Making of Moolade.
Director: Ousmane Sembène Distributor:New Yorker Films
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Senegal, Dyula, female genital cutting, gender, women, ritual marriage, feature film
Red Hat, Where Are You Going? = Bonnet rouge, où vas-tu? (Videocassette : 47 min. ) [2000]
V.CASS. VHS 8123
Abstract: An analysis of the socio-political position of traditional chiefs in Burkina Faso, this film examines the role of Mossi chiefs in the West African nation. Using interviews with chiefs and their critics, and archival footage, the film looks at how the chiefs have navigated political change, and at how they interact with both the government and people today.
Director: E. Adriaan Rouveroy Van Nieuwaal Distributor:First Run/Icarus Film
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Mossi, politics and government, chieftaincy, history
Sankara (Videocassette : 20 min. ) [1991]
VHS 9318
Abstract: Thomas Sankara, the late President of Burkina Faso, emerged as an idealist in a generation of young African leaders more concerned with material wealth. In office, he engineered drastic improvements, from the symbolic change of the country's name from the colonial Upper Volta to Burkina Faso ('The Country of Free and Dignified People'), to providing real health care for the country's children. On October 15, 1987, Sankara fell prey to violent African politics when he was assassinated by troops loyal to Blaise Campaore, his second in command - and life long friend.
Director: Balufa Bakupa-Kanyinda Distributor:First Run Icarus Films
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta, history, government, politics
Sembène: the Making of African Cinema (Videocassette : 61 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 5295
Abstract: Follows the Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène from the Pan African Film Festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso back to Senegal, and finally to the locations of his films.
Director: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Manthia Diawara Distributor:NA
Keywords: Senegal, film directors, art, history
Tales of Sand and Snow (DVD : 49 min. ) [2004]
DVD7232
Abstract: Having recently immigrated to Montreal, Burkinabé director Hyacinthe Combary explores his roots in an effort to rediscover the spiritual values of his people. His quest leads him to the northern forests of Quebec and an enlightening encounter with the Atikamekw of Wemotaci. In filming this Aboriginal people, he creates a moving cinematic dialogue between the Gourmantche of Burkina Faso, who practise the divinatory art of geomancy, and the men of the taiga, who connect with the spirits through sweat lodges. In this journey between North and South, the filmmaker comes to the realization that his quest is universal. 'It is the same question for all the peoples of the earth: With the globalization of culture, how can one keep from becoming dehumanized, from being cut off from one's deepest being?'
Director: Hyacinthe Combary Distributor:NA
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Gourmantche, Quebec, Wemotaci, Atikamekw, religion, divination
Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man (DVD : 52 min. ) [2006]
DVD 9601
Abstract: A biography of Thomas Sankara, a charismatic army captain who became the first president of Burkina Faso after a popularly-supported coup. During his four years in office before being assassinated, he instituted a wide range of progressive social and economic reforms.
Director: Robin Shuffield Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Upper Volta, Thomas Sankara, politics, development, economics, postcolonialism
To Be a Woman in Burkina Faso (Videocassette : 14 min. ) [1992]
V. CASS. VHS 2188
Abstract: The lot of women in Burkina Faso is not an easy one. A look into the lives of women who must work in the fields in addition to the duties of childcare, home care and cooking, and the women working in the city's factories who are hardly better off. The future, women feel, will be better only when women are better educated, have the same job opportunities as men and have their own reasonable source of income.
Director: Maurice Kabore Distributor:Films for the Humanities
Keywords: Burkina Faso, women, economy
Wend Kuuni (Videocassette : 70 min. ) [1982]
V. CASS. VHS 1557
Abstract: In the literary tradition of an African tale, this film is the story of a little boy whose traumatic experiences cause him to lose one family and find another. The action takes place in Burkina Faso on the West African savannah in pre-colonial times.
Director: Gaston Kabore Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, family, feature film
With These Hands: How Women Feed Africa (Videocassette : 33 min. ) [1987]
V. CASS.VHS 2284
Abstract: Three women tell stories of the difficult lives in the farmlands of Burkina Faso, Kenya and Zimbabwe. Producer: Chris Sheppard.
Director: Chris Sheppard, Claude Sauvageot Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Burkina Faso, Kenya, Zimbabwe, women, farming
Yaaba Soore: the Path of the Ancestors/ Dance of the Spirits: Mask Styles and Performances in the Upper Volta (Videocassette : 45 min. ) [1988]
V. CASS. VHS 6634
Abstract: These two documentaries discuss the types and styles of masks used in the religious ceremonies and dance performances of various peoples of Burkina Faso.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: Burkina Faso, masks, religion, ritual, art, performance
Zan Boko (Videocassette : 92 min. ) [1988]
V. CASS. VHS 1558
Abstract: A rural family's world is brutally disrupted when their ancestral village is absorbed by the expanding boundaries of their country's largest city. A crusading journalist takes up their case against the powerful interests whose policies overwhelm traditional African society.
Director: Gaston Kabore Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Burkina Faso, urbanization, media, feature film
September 16, 2008: Geoffrey Nyarota
