Gaston Kaboré

Gaston Kaboré was born in 1951 in Bobo-Dioulasso. He came to Paris to study history at the Sorbonne, questioned the way Africa was shown there, and trained in cinema at the École supérieure d'études cinématographiques. Back in his country, he headed the National Film Centre from 1977 to 1988 and was secretary general of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers from 1985 to 1997. His first feature film received the César for best francophone film, and his 1997 film the Étalon d'or at Ouagadougou. In his capital he founded a training centre for African artists.

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• CinemaZan BokoGaston Kaboré · 1988Cinema