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Sacred Places (Lieux Saints)

  • Director(s):
    Jean-Marie Teno
    Producer(s):
    Jean-Marie Teno, Pius Njawe
    • Cameroon, France
    • 2009
    • 70 min
    • Digital Betacam PAL
    • French with English subtitles

Energetic and immediate, a really genuine and real documentary.
Nanema Boubakar runs an underground cine club which shows its share of bootlegged film but when an opportunity to show Ouedraogo ‘s Yaaba, Nanema is delighted.
In the district of St. Leon in Burkina Faso the underground Votre Cine Club is run by Nanema Boubakar. Within Nanema shows his share of bootlegged Hollywood action films but when he is given the opportunity to screen the Burkinabè film Yaaba, he is delighted. Despite his enthusiasm the screening is nowhere near capacity - Nanema blames a high profile football match being on at the same time.
A discussion of the state of the film industry in Africa, Sacred Places deals with a number of issues facing the African film industry. Notably, are African films made solely for the international festivals or is there a way of reintroducing them in the domestic market? Stumbling blocks include, many theatres being closed down, with African filmmakers receiving much of their film subsides from abroad making the domestic market low on their priorities.

Strands

Official Website:
www.jmteno.us/
Festivals:
San Francisco 2009, Hot Docs 2009, Los Angeles Film Festival 2009, Silverdocs 2009, Encounters 2009, Durban International Film festival 2009

Credits

Cinematographer:
Crystel Fournier 
Editor:
Christiane Badgley 
Sound Designer:
Christophe Heral 

Director Filmography

  • 2004, The Colonial Misunderstanding (Le Malentendu Colonial)
  • 2002, Alex's Wedding (Le Marriage d'Alex)
  • 2000, A Trip to the Country (Vacances au Pays)
  • 1999, Chief! (Chef !)
  • 1996, Clandestine (Clando)

Contact

Jean-Marie Teno

Producer/Director

Les Films du Raphia

jmteno@mac.com

www.raphia.fr