Issa Traoré de Brahima (born 26 March 1962) is a filmmaker from
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
.
Birth and education
Issa Traoré De Brahima was born on 26 March 1962 in
Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...
, Ivory Coast, but is a citizen of Burkina Faso.
He studied at the African Institute of Cinematographic Studies in
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou or Wagadugu (, , , ) is the capital city of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It is also the List of cities in Burkina Faso#Largest cities, country's largest city, wi ...
, earning a degree in cinematographic creation in 1985.
At the same time, between 1982 and 1985 he worked as a comedian in the ''Atelier du Théatre Burkinabè'' theatre company.
He then attended the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français, University of Paris VIII. In 1987 he was awarded a prize for editing.
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Career
In 1989, Issa Traoré De Brahima codirected the short film ''Bilakoro'' with Dani Kouyaté and Sékou Traoré
Sékou Traoré is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso. He and his friends Dani Kouyaté and Issa Traoré de Brahima established the production company Sahelis Productions in 1992.
He has worked as director, producer and production manager on a number o ...
, and the next year assisted Dani Kouyaté with his film "Poussière de Lait".
In 1992 he, Dani Kouyate and Sekou Traore founded the production company Sahelis Productions
Sahelis Productions is a film and television video production and post-production company based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
The company was founded in 1992 by Sékou Traoré
Sékou Traoré is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso. He and his friends ...
.
In 1994 he produced his first short film, ''Gombele''.
He was assistant director on various films including Dani Kouyaté's ''Keïta! l'Héritage du Griot
(English title: ''Keita! Voice of the Griot'') is a 1995 Burkinabé film directed by Dani Kouyaté and starring Sotigui Kouyaté. It is an adaptation of the first third of the 13th-century ''Epic of Sundiata'', interspersed with scenes of a gr ...
'', J. Mrozowski's ''La revanche de Lucie'' and Issaka Konaté's ''Souko, le Cinematographe en carton''.[
His 2006 film ''Le Monde Est un Ballet'' (The world is a ballet) was nominated at the ]Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (, or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It accepts for competition only films by African filmmakers and chief ...
in 2007.[
Issa Traoré De Brahima believes that films have an important role in political propaganda, as a weapon of struggle. However, he has said of his work that he just makes observations. It is up to his audience to draw conclusions.]
Filmography
Selected films:[
*''Le Monde Est un Ballet'' (The world is a ballet) (2006)
*''Femmes du Sahel'' (2004) documentary
*''Siraba, la grande voie'' (2001) fiction (104'), 35mm, color
*''Afrique réseau 2000'' (2001) documentary
*''La rencontre'' (The Meeting) (co-director with Seydou Bouro, 2001) documentary
*''Boubou l'intrus'' (Boubou the intruder) (1998), fiction (short film)
*''Gombèle'' (1994), fiction (27')
*''Bilakoro'' (co-director with Dani Kouyaté and Sékou Traoré, 1989), fiction (15'), 16mm
]
References
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Living people
1962 births
Burkinabe film directors
People from Abidjan
21st-century Burkinabe people