Short film
Ni-Ni
Jean-Michel Hussi Nyamusimba · 1980
Synopsis
A fifteen-minute short film, in colour, shot in 1980 and co-produced by Burundi and France, which the sources regard as the first known film production of the country. Neither the summary, nor the language, nor the cast is known, and it is not viewable online. The entry says nothing more than what the databases record, and its content remains to be documented.
Context
Overviews of the cinema of Burundi open its history with Ni-Ni, a French co-production of 1980, then move on to Gito, l'ingrat, in 1992; they note that, for lack of documentation, the history of Burundian cinema before the civil war remains poorly known. The film has left no accessible summary or review, and its place in the catalogue rests on this status as a pioneer, not on a description of its content.
Who it is for
A film that cannot be found online; it appears here for its standing as the first Burundian film, for lack of a description.
Prizes and reception
Histories of Burundian cinema put it at the head of their list, although no review of the film is accessible.