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Dictionary Africa ARmes Film & Media Roy Armes is Professor Emeritus of “An invaluable project.” D Film at Middlesex University in the U.K. —Kevin Dwyer, He has published many works on film i American University in Cairo c including (with Lizbeth Malkmus) Arab and African Film Making; Dictionary of t “[A book] of tremendous importance i North African Film Makers; Postcolonial of African and utility to scholars, researchers, stu- o Images (Indiana University Press, 2005); A landmark dents, and the public at large.” and African Filmmaking (Indiana n —Michael Martin, University Press, 2006). Black Film Center/Archives, a reference tool Indiana University r y Compiled by eminent Africanist film for African film scholar Roy Armes, Dictionary of African Filmmakers o Filmmakers is an inclusive, comprehen- f sive treatment of films and filmmaking on the African continent. The diction- A ary covers African feature film–making from the first locally produced films to f today’s thriving film industry, listing r i over 5,400 films made by more than c 1,250 filmmakers in 37 countries. Part 1 a includes information on filmmakers and provides date and place of birth, training n or film experience, other creative activi- ties, and a list of feature films produced. F Part 2 presents a national chronology, i filmography, and bibliography for each l m country producing feature films. Part 3 indexes film titles and provides transla- m tions into English or French where ap- propriate. This book is an essential refer- a ence tool for anyone who wants to know more about the vibrant and exciting k world of African film. INDIANA e University Press r s Bloomington & Indianapolis http://iupress.indiana.edu 1-800-842-6796 INDIANA Roy A R m e s Lithograph on Arches Vellum paper from the Red Square Lithograph Collection, 1985. © Nja Mahdaoui. All rights reserved. Dictionary of African Filmmakers Dictionary of African Filmmakers R OY A R M E S Indiana University Press • Bloomington and Indianapolis Th is book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e -m ail [email protected] © 2008 by Roy Armes All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Th e Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. Th e paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information S ciences—P ermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. manufactured in the united states of america Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African fi lmmakers / Roy Armes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Motion picture producers and directors— Africa— Biography— Dictionaries. 2. Motion picture producers and directors— Africa— Credits. I. Title. PN1998.2.A758 2008 791.43023′309226—dc22 [B] 2007049772 1 2 3 4 5 13 12 11 10 09 08 For Martine Leroy to whom all students of African fi lm owe a huge debt Th e ability to picture oneself is a vital need. In fact, if a man were to live without the capacity of forging a picture of himself, he would have no aspirations, no desires, no dreams of his own. Th e same applies to a community, a society and a people. A society daily subjected to foreign images eventually loses its identity and its capacity to forge its own destiny. Th e development of Africa im- plies among other things the production of its own images. Gaston Kaboré “The Ability to Picture Oneself” CONTENTS acknowledgments xi Introduction: Mapping the F ield— Feature Filmmaking in Africa 1 Part 1 African Feature Filmmakers 17 Part 2 Feature Film Chronologies 139 Part 3 Index of Film Titles 265 bibliography 393