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Filmmaker · Gabon

Charles Mensah

Died in 2011

Charles Mensah was born in 1948 in Gabon, in Libreville or Omboué depending on the source. A filmmaker, screenwriter and producer, he made his first films in the 1970s, then for more than twenty years, until 2009, headed the Centre national du cinéma gabonais, which became the Institut gabonais de l'image et du son. He produced many African films, including a feature film shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. President of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers, he died in Libreville on 3 June 2011, aged sixty-three.

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