Burkina Faso - African Film Festival at Ouagadougou

[GCMaxProductions]

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[LeahTVdotcom]

Aloha from Hawaii, I enjoyed this report.

Meric

[shercharb123]

Not everyone is poor in Africa! Do some research...

[DenEColt]

I remember seeing Yaaba at the Auckland Film Festival sometime in the 1990s. It blew me away then and I still think of it fondly. I've attended film festivals almost every year since 1972 plus mainstream releases. That's a lot of films but I would still play Yaaba very high on my list of favourites. Its pacing, its framing, its simplicity all came together to make a miraculous piece of moviemaking.

[throbule]

I have travelled all over Africa and the one outstanding thing is the compassion between the people in every country I visited, They talk to strangers and share their food with you, and nothing to too much trouble for them if you need help.

Africans are not all poor - its just that we westerners are all too rich by comparison.

We never see the good news of African on TV or in the media, we only are shown the bad.

That is so wrong and very sad.

Viva Africa!

[GvannD]

They may be poor, but they look extremely happy. More happy than many of the Western and Europeans countries where we have the highest suicidal rate. Africa still seems like the land of paradise...

[vikingazul]

It's pity that the sound is out of sync - The name Burkina Faso - the land of upright men - was given to the country by President Thomas Sankara, who fought against colonialism, supported women's rights & was assassinated in 1987 in a coup led by his friend & actual president Blaise Campoaré ....

[GILMORGAN1]

We have talents, we have potentials, we have goals to achieve, we can show or do more....But we have like chains on feet and hands, thinking we are free...We don´t need any help to think about our future!But AFRICA needs more " know How and more technologies from the White Continent in order to be able to move forward....!

[bfree2live]

i'll always appreciate burkino faso for it commitment to film. with the growth of home movies, i want films to be apart of our cultural landscape as well.

[bfree2live]

i'm curious.....does anyone know if nollywood movies are watched in burkino faso? i'm wondering how wide the nollywood market is in francophone africa.

[adikiny]

Africa forever! Nice report.

[guerrero1106]

I've had the privilege of meeting Idrissa Ouedraogo in Monterrey Mexico at the Encuentro Internacional de Cineastas. He produced the segment representing Burkina Faso in the international production 11'09''01 - September 11. He is a great director and a great ambassador for all of Africa. Cheers.

[foreal1992]

That was really interesting. 5 stars.

[hkere]

Agree with you LadylibraNMore, burkina faso poor?according to who? Do we measure wealth by just the GDP and other economic staff the supposed rich coutries setted up?NO

[SlingshotVideo]

I've attended FESPACO twice -- currently planning visit #3 in 20011.

[LadyLibraNMore]

The country is poor? According to whom? I saw people smiling & laughing they appear to be very healthy & in good shape. They live off & work the land that their people have existed on since before recorded history. I think that Burkino Faso's wealth is unmeasurable.

[Bozewani]

For those who can't speak French, are there English subtitles? At least not yet...

[nicocuervito5]

adoro Burkina Faso, hermoso el video!

pasen a ver la llegada de Burkina a Beijing 2008...saludos!

NiCo.

[ikay87]

i love african movies. especially burkina films, they r d best. can somebody tell me were i can watch or buy them online

[amyvb1]

Great video! I hope to go to the Festival someday!

[kevinbravest]

very nice video, so loove my country!

[WiiRuCello]

This is great video and I nice to see how well the country is represented...

[jazjuice]

Totally pleased to see the continent of Africa, it's people and how the people love cinema. African and foreign films are so pleasing with less gun violence and murder and more storytelling.