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Bassek Ba Kobhio (born 1957) is a Cameroonian filmmaker, writer [1] and founder of the Ecrans Noirs [2] film festival in Yaounde, Cameroon. He is also the Director of the Higher Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Professionals of Central Africa (ISCAC) in Yaounde, the first-ever tertiary training institution for cinematography in the Central Africa sub-region.
Bassek Ba Kobhio was born in 1957 in Cameroon. He is a writer and director, known for Le silence de la forêt (2003), Le grand blanc de Lambaréné (1995) and Gouverneurs de la rosée (2018). Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movi ...
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Bassek Ba Kobhio. 3,170 likes · 2 talking about this. Écrivain, réalisateur, producteur. Fondateur des productions Films Terre Africaine, du festival de Fondateur des productions Films Terre Africaine, du festival de
Bassek Ba Kobhio was born in 1957 in Nindje, Cameroon. Originally he wanted to become an author, and in 1976 he won a prize for a short story he had written. He earned degrees in both sociology and philosophy. While he was pursuing his studies, he started to work as an assistant film director and literary critic for the film department of the Ministry of Information and Culture. He was also the assistant to Claire Denis on
Ba Kobhio filmed Le Grand Blanc on the actual site of Schweitzer’s mission, and as “the great white man” feels African opinion turning against him, he brokers a deal with the local chiefs that throws his hypocrisy into plain daylight. With a jarring sense of comedic timing and an overwhelming fidelity to the terrain and mood of Gabon, ba Kobhio comes out swinging, redrawing African independence as the consequence of – rather than a solution to – Western meddling.
Avant d'aborder le cinéma, Bassek Ba Kobhio a fait des études de sociologie et de philosophie. Il a été le responsable des services de la cinématographie à Yaoundé. En 1991, il tourne Sango Malo, qui obtient en 1992 le Prix du public au 2e Festival du cinéma africain de Milan, en Italie. Il a créé le festival de cinéma africain ...
Bassek Ba Kobhio was born in 1957 in Nindje, Cameroon. Originally he wanted to become an author, and in 1976 he won a prize for a short story he had written. He earned degrees in both sociology and philosophy. While he was pursuing his studies, he started to work as an assistant film director and literary critic for the film department of the ...
