Pauline Mvele

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Pauline Mvele
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Born1969
Ivory Coast
NationalityBurkinabé
CitizenshipBurkinabé
Alma mater Joseph Ki-Zerbo University
Occupation(s)Actress, director, screenwriter, activist

Pauline Mvele (born 1969) is an actress, director and screenwriter from Burkina Faso. Mvele is known for producing documentaries, and currently lives in Gabon. Her documentaries focus on issues such as HIV/AIDS in Africa, and the mistreatment of widows and prisoners in Gabon. In 2014 her film won best film at the Burundi Film Festival.

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Biography

Pauline Mvele was born in Ivory Coast in 1969, was raised in Burkina Faso. She studied at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University in Ouagadougou where she met her husband, and in 1999 she graduated with a master's degree in journalism. [1] After graduating, Mvele moved to Gabon with her husband, who is Gabonese. While in Gabon, she faced difficulty finding work and had to take up odd jobs before eventually finding a job in journalism writing for the women's magazine Amina. [2] Mvele became involved in HIV/AIDS prevention organizations. She was inspired to begin her activism and filmmaking after writing an article about the difficulties faced by HIV-positive women in Gabon, and seeing the positive response the article received. [3]

In 2009, Mvele directed Accroche-toi! (English: Hold On!), her first documentary film. [4] Accroche-toi! explored the lives of five women living with HIV in Gabon, with the aim of reducing the stigma against HIV positive individuals and encouraging HIV-positive individuals to not give up on life. [2] She produced the film in collaboration with Gabonese director Imunga Ivanga, and the film was produced and funded by the Gabonese Institute of Image and Sound.

In 2011 Mvele directed Non coupables (English: Not guilty!), a documentary which denounces the abuse of Gabonese widows by the families of their deceased husbands, especially the practice of robbing the widows of their possessions. [3] In 2014, she directed the documentary Sans familie (English: Without Family), which detailed the mistreatment and poor living conditions of prisoners in the Libreville Detention Center. [5]

As of 2017, Mvele was working on a new documentary titled "Le Nganga blanc", which follows the life of Hugues Obiang Poitevin, a Frenchman who has lived in Gabon for forty years, and has become immersed in Gabonese culture, particularly Bwiti. The documentary pitch won the first prize for Best Concept from the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. [6]

Mvele co-organized the Third Urusaro International Women's Film Festival in March 2018. [7] In October 2019, She was a member of the East African Jury at the Urusaro International Women's Film Festival. [8] In November 2019, it was announced that Mvele would be presenting a new film project at the first Yaoundé Film Lab in Cameroon from November to December 2019. [9]

Activism and other work

Mvele's work focuses on social problems facing Gabon, such as the AIDS crisis, the poor treatment of prisoners, and the abuse of widowed women by their in-laws. [3] Themes of prejudice and ostracization are central to many of her works, and she frequently advocates for greater understanding and improved treatment of marginalized groups. Mvele is the founder and president of the Gabonese association against HIV/AIDS Hope for Children, which raises awareness and seeks to prevent the transmission of AIDS. [10] The association promotes the Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom model of sex education. [11]

Filmography

Films featuring Mvele
YearTitleActorDirector
2015TélésourdYesNo
2014Vivre avec le cancerNoYes
'Sans famille'NoYes
'The Best'NoYes
2009'Accroche-toi!'NoYes
2011'Non coupables'NoYes
1989Le Choix de ChantalYesNo

Awards

List of awards and nominations, showing award, year and association
YearWorkAwardAssociationResult
2014Sans familieBest FilmBurundi Film FestivalWon

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References

  1. ↑ "Pauline Mvélé : la journaliste burkinabè devenue N°1 en réalisation de (...) - TOUTE INFO". www.touteinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  2. 1 2 "Gabon : Le cinéma-vérité sur le Sida de Pauline Mvele". Gaboneco (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pauline Mvele, Réalisatrice : " je veux dénoncer cette pratique d'exploitation des veuves "". afriquefemme.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  4. ↑ "ACCROCHE-TOI ! – EDL 2017". www.institutfrancais-gabon.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  5. ↑ "Pauline Mvele, Réalisatrice : " je veux dénoncer cette pratique d'exploitation des veuves "". afriquefemme.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  6. ↑ "Fespaco 2017/concours de pitch : Pauline Mvélé remporte le 1er prix documentaire". Gabonreview.com | Actualité du Gabon | (in French). 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  7. ↑ "Événements". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  8. ↑ "The URUSARO International Women Film Festival awards filmmakers who exhibit the place of a woman in the society". Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  9. ↑ "Yaoundé film lab : Le Gabon y sera avec deux projets". Gabonreview.com | Actualité du Gabon | (in French). 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  10. ↑ "Africiné". www.africine.org. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  11. ↑ "VIH-Sida : Espoir pour les enfants sensibilise". Gabonreview.com | Actualité du Gabon | (in French). 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
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