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Yiri Kan, The Voice of Wood

Yiri Kan, The Voice of Wood

Issiaka Konaté, Burkina Faso, 1989 SYNOPSIS: Mahama Konaté, a great Burkinabè musician, introduces his son to traditional culture and music by teaching him how to play the balafon. This film explores the socio-cultural significance of the balafon, a traditional...
A Nation is Born

A Nation is Born

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Senegal, 1961 SYNOPSIS The journey of Senegal from colonization to national sovereignty, depicted in an allegorical manner. This film was made at the dawn of Senegal’s independence. BIOFILMOGRAPHY Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (1925-1987) was a...
O Regresso de Amilcar Cabral

O Regresso de Amilcar Cabral

Djalma Fettermann/Flora Gomes/ Jose Bolama/ Josefina Crato/ Sana Na N’Hada, Guiné Bissau, 1976 SYNOPSIS The first production by Guinean film-makers after the liberation from Portuguese colonialism in 1974, O Regresso de Amílcar Cabral documents the transferral...