Theresa Traore Dahlberg | |
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| Born | November 1, 1983 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2006-present |
Theresa Traore Dahlberg (born 1 November 1983) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter.
Theresa Traore Dahlberg | |
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| Dahlberg in 2019 | |
| Born | November 1, 1983 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2006-present |
Theresa Traore Dahlberg (born 1 November 1983) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter.
Dahlberg is the daughter of Burkinabé musician Richard Seydou Traore and grew up between Burkina Faso and Öland in Sweden. [1] Her parents worked for the United Nations in development missions in Burkina Faso, and she has three brothers. After graduating from high school, Dahlberg moved to New York and worked a number of jobs, including sales assistant in a candy store, amusement park employee, real estate agent, and photographer's assistant. In 2007, she enrolled at The New School in New York. [2] Dahlberg earned her bachelor's degree from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, and her Masters in Fine arts from the Royal Academy of Arts. [3] Her master's project was called "Copper and Cotton". [4]
Dahlberg directed her first short film, Procrastination, in 2006. She created the 30-minute documentary short On Hold in 2009. Afterwards, Dahlberg worked for the Swedish television programs and directed fictional works. [2] In 2011, she directed the short documentary Taxi Sisters, on the topic of female taxi drivers in Senegal. In 2017, Dahlberg directed the feature-length documentary Ouaga Girls. The film examines young women in Burkina Faso who have chosen to take up the typically-male profession of being a car mechanic. [5] It shows their lives in and out of school, and explains the reasons they took the mechanical route - some had teenage pregnancies, while others lost their parents. [1] Ouaga Girls was awarded the CREDIF prize at the Carthage Film Days. [6] Dahlberg directed The Ambassador's Wife in 2018, and it was featured at the Toronto Film Festival. The film received the Tempo Documentary Short Award, and Dahlberg received the Beckers Art Award in 2019. [7]
In addition to filmmaking, Dahlberg is also a sculptor. She participates in so-called solidarity projects with the Tensta Konsthall art gallery in Stockholm. [2]
Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's name is often shortened to Ouaga. The inhabitants are called ouagalais. The spelling of the name Ouagadougou is derived from the French orthography common in former French African colonies.
Idrissa Ouédraogo was a Burkinabé filmmaker. His work often explored the conflict between rural and city life and tradition and modernity in his native Burkina Faso and elsewhere in Africa. He is best known for his feature film Tilaï, which won the Grand Prix at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival and Samba Traoré (1993), which was nominated for the Silver Bear award at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Yaaba is a 1989 Burkinabé drama film written, produced, and directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo, "one of the best known films from francophone sub-Saharan Africa". It won the Sakura Gold prize at the 1989 Tokyo Film Festival. The film was selected as the Burkinabé entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Dani Kouyaté is a film director and griot from Burkina Faso, which the BBC describes as "Africa's most important film-making country".
Iara Lee is a Brazilian film producer, director and activist of Korean descent who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa. Her recent projects include From Trash to Treasure: Turning Negatives into Positives (2020) and Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse (2020). Her other documentaries include Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia (2019), Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso (2018), Burkinabè Bounty: Agroecology in Burkina Faso (2018), Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara (2015), K2 and the Invisible Footmen (2015), The Kalasha and the Crescent (2013), The Suffering Grasses (2012), Cultures of Resistance (2010), Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan (2002), Architettura (1999), Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998), Synthetic Pleasures (1995), and An Autumn Wind (1994). In 2010, Lee was involved in the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla," where nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces and many were injured.
Noomi Rapace is a Swedish actress. She achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium series (2009): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. She has gone on to become an acknowledged actor in American movies.
Ayesha Quraishi is a Botswana-born Swedish performance artist. She also owns the recording company Aqueen Entertainment. She was born in Botswana to a non-resident Indian father and Motswana mother, and was raised in Hässelby, Stockholm.
Issa Traoré de Brahima is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso.
The Burkina Faso national basketball team is the national basketball team of Burkina Faso, governed by the Fédération Burkinabe de Basketball.
Burkina Faso–Sweden relations refers to the current and historical relationship between Sweden and Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso has a non resident ambassador located in Copenhagen, Denmark and an honorary consulate in Uppsala. Sweden has an embassy in Ouagadougou, which was opened in 2010.
David Herdies is a Swedish producer, director and the CEO of Momento Film.
Mouna Traoré is a Canadian actress and filmmaker. She is known for her performances in a variety of television series, such as Global TV's Rookie Blue (2012), CBC's Murdoch Mysteries (2015–2018), and Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (2020). Her film work includes the 2017 films The Drop In, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Brown Girl Begins, directed by Sharon Lewis.
Apolline Traoré is a Burkinabé filmmaker and producer.
Salute!, is a 2017 Namibian drama film directed by Philippe Talavera and produced as a Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) film. It stars Adriano Visagie, Odile Muller, David Ndjavera in lead roles along with newcomer Monray Garoëb. The film focused on the life of Carlito 'Kado', who is sentenced to three years in prison for fraud, leaving his pregnant girlfriend to fend for herself in the real world.
Aïcha Macky is a Nigerien filmmaker as well as a sociologist. She is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed documentary The Fruitless Tree.
Sophie Heidi Kam is a Burkinabe writer. Her work includes poetry, plays, and stories written in French. She is considered the first female playwright in Burkina Faso and has been honored at the National Grand Prix for Arts and Letters eight times.
Kady Traoré is a Burkinabé actress, film director, and film producer.
Burkinabè Rising : the art of resistance in Burkina Faso is a 2018 long documentary film directed and produced by Iara Lee.
Borders is a 2017 drama film co-produced between Burkina Faso and France, directed and written by Apolline Traoré and starring Amelie Mbaye, Naky Sy Savané, Adizelou Sidi, and Unwana Udobeong in the lead roles.
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