Cinema of Burundi

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The Cinema of Burundi is the filmmaking and film industry in Burundi, East Africa. [1]

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History

Prior to the Burundi Civil War, Burundi's cinematic history was vastly undocumented.

The first recording of film in Burundi occurred in 1980, when Burundian Jean-Michel Hussi Nyamusimba produced the first Burundi film, a French coproduction called Ni-Ni. [2] In 1992 Burundi’s first feature film, Gito l’Ingra t was released, a Swiss-French Burundi co-production directed by Leonce Ngabo. [1]

Burundi film in the 1990s was also pioneered by women, most notably by Sham-Jeanne Hakizimana, who headed television programs at National Radio and Television of Burundi. She produced the documentary film, Une Burundaise aujourd'hui in 1991. [3]

After the civil war, the Burundi film industry was revived in 2007, when Canadian filmmaker Christopher Redmond and Raymond Kalisa, a videographer from Rwanda, co-founded the Burundi Film Centre [4] as a training ground for aspiring filmmakers. They recruited 36 young Burundians for a two-month training in film theory and production. [5]

Festivals

References

  1. 1 2 "ADEPt". www.africarealcollective.org. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  2. ↑ Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire (in French). KARTHALA Editions. 2000-01-01. ISBN   978-2-84586-060-5.
  3. ↑ "Africiné - Sham-Jeanne Hakizimana". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  4. ↑ "About". Burundi Film Center. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
  5. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (2009-12-04). "Now peaceful, Burundi tries filmmaking". Variety. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  6. ↑ "Événements | Africultures : FESTICAB 2012 - Festival International du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel du Burundi". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
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