Cabascabo
The recurrent cycle Noir.e.s à la caméra allows us to discover works directed or produced by African or Afrodescendant filmmakers throughout the history of cinema.
Âme noire (Black Soul) is a glimpse into the history of African Americans in North America, from the tragic years of slavery to today. Showcasing the great accomplishments of this community, it’s both an epic and a rowdy tale, as heard from his grandma by a young black boy in his snow-covered hometown of Montreal.
Martine Chartrand
Martine Chartrand is a Haitian Canadian filmmaker, visual artist and teacher. She practices a paint-on-glass animation technique to create her films. Throughout Chartrand's career, she has been involved with numerous films and has made three animated shorts which have been exhibited across Canada and internationally. Wikipedia
Niger. Cabascabo, an African veteran of the French colonial army in Indochina, has returned to Niger. He has squandered his fortune on an easy life in Niamey. Now a simple labourer, he sees the episodes of his life pass by.
Oumarou Ganda's answer to Jean Rouch's film Moi, un noir in which he played himself in the role of a Senegalese rifleman who took part in the Indochinese war.
Oumarou Ganda
Oumarou Ganda (1935 – 1 January 1981) was a Nigerien director and actor who helped bring African cinema to international attention in the 1960s and 1970s. As the winner of the Best Film award at the first annual FESPACO film festival, upon his death FESPACO began awarding an African Feature Film Award named the Oumarou Ganda Prize. (Wikipedia)
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