Ouaga: Capital of Cinema
Sun 27 OctA documentary tribute to Ouagadougou, capital of one of the world’s poorest countries, and its Fespaco film festival, the most important for African cinema, founded in 1969 and still running today. The film contains recollections from the old school of African filmmmakers, but looks also to the new generation representing the future of African cinema.
Special Screening
The documentary will be preceded by Moustapha Alassane’s short film The Return of an Adventurer and introduced by Mohamed Challouf.
About The Return of an Adventurer
Le retour d’un aventurier
Dir Moustapha Alassane | Niger | 1962 | In French and Hausa with English subtitles | 20 mins
Jimmy, returning from a trip to the United States, returns to his village in Niger. He brings back complete sets of Wild West cowboys as gifts for his friends. From now on, thus dressed in American mythology, they are no longer called Kali, Ibrahim or Boubakar, but Black Cooper, James Kelly, Casse-Tout or even Reine Christine. And, like what they imagine to be a real band of cowboys, they will ransack the region, angering the villagers. Film restored in 2K in 2019 – Restoration partners: CNC in collaboration with Argos Films
