Cinema of the Central African Republic

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The Central African Republic is one of the world's poorest countries and the film industry is correspondingly small. The first film made in CAR appears to have been Les enfants de la danse, a short French-made ethnographic documentary of 1945. Joseph Akouissone was the first Central African to make a film in the country, with his 1981 documentary Un homme est un homme; [1] he was followed by the documentaries made in the 1980s by Léonie Yangba Zowe. [2] [3] Since then a series of ongoing conflicts and economic crises have severely limited the potential growth of film-making in the country. The first feature-length drama made in the country was Le silence de la forêt , a 2003 CAR-Gabon-Cameroon co-production about the Biaka people. [4] [5] [6]

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More recently, director and producer Elvis Sabin Ngaibino has feature documentaries Makongo and Le Fardeau (The Burden) screened at international film festivals.

List of Central African films

This is a sortable list of films produced in the CAR. [7] [8] [9]

YearTitleDirectorGenreNotes
1958 The Roots of Heaven (film) John Huston Documentary shortAmerican
1960boganda filmsbogandaDocumentary shortEnglish
1970Les enfants de la danse Geneviève Dournon & Arom Simha Documentary shortEnglish title: Children of the Dance
1978Safrana or Freedom of Speech Joseph Akouissone,

Med Hondo

Documentary short
1981Un homme est un homme Joseph Akouissone Documentary shortEnglish title: A Man is a Man
1985Lengue Léonie Yangba Zowe Documentary short
1985NzaleLéonie Yangba ZoweDocumentary short
1985Yangba boloLéonie Yangba ZoweDocumentary short
1987Paroles de sagesLéonie Yangba ZoweDocumentary shortEnglish title: Words of Sages
1990 Echoes from a Sombre Empire Werner Herzog DocumentaryEnglish title: Echoes From a Sombre Empire
1992BogandeBogande
1993Un Pygmée dans la baignoireLéandre-Alain BakerBroadcast: Canal Plus, TV5, CFI Festival: Montreal, Fespaco, Amiens...
1993 documentary Diogène à Léandre-Alain BakerDrama
1995Tatie pouvait vivre. Video, color, Opportune Aymadji Drama
1996 Colis postal (1996) Léandre-Alain BakerDocumentary short
1998Au bout du couloirLéandre-Alain BakerDocumentary shortFestivals: Montreal, Amiens.
2003 Le silence de la forêt Bassek Ba Kobhio & Didier Ouénangaré DramaEnglish title: The Silence of the Forest
2004 Les Oranges de Belleville Léandre-Alain BakerDocumentary short
2005Paris la métisseLéandre-Alain BakerDocumentary short
2006 Tchicaya U’Tamsi Léandre-Alain BakerDrama
2007 Ramata (film) Léandre-Alain Baker Documentary short
2008 35 Shots of Rum Claire Denis Documentary short
2009World of Witchcraft Daniel Bogado Documentary short
2009 Saignantes (Les) Jean-Pierre Bekolo Documentary short
2009 Sofie la Banguisoise (Series) 2009 Sylviane Gboulou Mbapondo Documentary short
2010 A Screaming Man Mahamat Saleh Haroun Documentary short
2010 White Material Claire Denis

Marie NDiaye

Documentary short
2011 Oka! Lavinia Currier DramaAmerican drama filmed partly in CAR
2011 The Ambassador (2011 film) Mads Brügger Documentary shortAmerican
2011 Love and Bruises Lou Ye Documentary short
2012magleorie kolissomagleorie kolissoDocumentary short
2012Georgette Florence Koyt Georgette Florence Koyt-Deballé

Tchicaya U’Tamsi

Documentary short
2013 Aya of Yop City Marguerite Abouet

Clément Oubrerie

Documentary short
2014chimende

Loseba

freed yapandeeDocumentary short
2015freed yapandeefreed yapandeeDocumentary short
2016 Nascent Lindsay Branham & Jon Kasbe Documentary short
2017 Sarafina SarafinaDocumentary short
2017OzaginDany GrepandeDrama
2017Chambre 1Leila ThiamDocumentary short
2018 Elephant Path: Njaia Njoku Todd McGrain Documentary
2018Yé mbiYémbi,

Par Hermann LINGANGUE

Documentary short
2019demain je pare enYann harris

Dawro

Drama
2019Camille Boris Lojkine Documentary short

Films made

La Couture de Paris,

short film, 1995. Distribution: CFI, Canal + Horizon, TV5, Festivals: Fespaco, Amiens, Montréal, Namur.

Diogenes to Brazzaville,

Documentary film, 2004. Portrait of the Congolese writer Sony Labou Tansi. Broadcast: TV 10, CFI, Canal + Horizon, TV5, Festivals: Vue d'Afrique Montreal, Amiens, Fespaco, Namur, Milan, Lisbon.

Tchicaya, the little leaf that sings its country,

Documentary film, 2004. Portrait of the Congolese writer Tchicaya U'Tamsi. Diffusion: Images Plus, CFI, Canal + Horizon, Festivals: Fespaco, Amiens.

Central African Republic film directors


* Léandre-Alain Baker

See also

References

  1. ↑ Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala, p. 29-30
  2. ↑ Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala, p. 493
  3. ↑ Schmidt, Nancy (1997). "Sub-Saharan African Women FIlmmakers". In Kenneth W. Harrow (ed.). With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema. Rodopi. pp. 169–70. ISBN   90-420-0154-2.
  4. ↑ JC Woodfrok (2006) Culture and Customs of the Central African Republic, Greenwood Press, pg. 150
  5. ↑ Blandine Stefanson (2014). "Literary Adaptation". In Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (eds.). Directory of World Cinema Africa. Vol. 39. Intellect Books. p. 224. ISBN   978-1-78320-391-8.
  6. ↑ Valérie K. Orlando (2017). New African Cinema. Rutgers University Press. pp. 72–. ISBN   978-0-8135-7957-3.
  7. ↑ IMDb - CAR , retrieved 18 December 2019
  8. ↑ IMDb - Filming location: CAR , retrieved 18 December 2019
  9. ↑ Various (2000) Les cinémas d'Afrique: Dictionnaire, Editions Karthala
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