Hollywood in Africa? African Filmmaking Today
20-09-2002 ()
"To produce a film in Africa is an act of resistance" says Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda in a new Point of View entitled "Filming in Africa: Then and Now" that WebWorld publishes today. Bakupa-Kanyinda directed Afro@digital, a UNESCO produced documentary on the digital revolution in Africa.
"With digital technology, it becomes possible to boost creativity, to produce more without sacrificing quality, to inquire again about African memory and enrich it" says the filmmaker in his plea for the African film. "But the African director still needs to know what he is doing and needs to have a story to tell in order not to suppress his song, his part of African history" he continues.
Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda,of Kinshasa, Congo who trained as a filmmaker in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, directed Afro@digital, a documentary on the digital revolution in Africa, which was produced by the UNESCO. His two best-known films, “The Draughtsmen Clash” and “Article 15A”, are both award-winners.
Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda,of Kinshasa, Congo who trained as a filmmaker in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, directed Afro@digital, a documentary on the digital revolution in Africa, which was produced by the UNESCO. His two best-known films, “The Draughtsmen Clash” and “Article 15A”, are both award-winners.
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