Bassek Ba Kobhio (born 1957) is a Cameroonian filmmaker, writer[1] and founder of the Ecrans Noirs[2] film festival in Yaounde, Cameroon. He is also the Director of the Higher Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Professionals of Central Africa (ISCAC) in Yaounde, the first-ever tertiary training institution for cinematography in the Central Africa sub-region.[3]
Bassek Ba Kobhio was born in 1957 in Ninje.[4] He started as a writer, winning a short story award while still at high school in 1976.
Kobhio's first feature film, Sango Malo (1991) was an auto-adaptation of his earlier novel. The film portrayed a new village school teacher whose indifference to traditional customs causes conflict with the school's headmaster and disrupts village life. His second film, Le grand blanc de Lambaréné (1995), brought out the complexities of character of Albert Schweitzer. Despite clear differences of setting and subject matter, both films "offer vivid portraits of flawed idealists who wish to do good, but are authoritarian, puritanical, at odds with their surroundings and neglectful towards their womenfolk".[5]
bassek, kobhio, born, 1957, cameroonian, filmmaker, writer, founder, ecrans, noirs, film, festival, yaounde, cameroon, also, director, higher, institute, cinema, audiovisual, professionals, central, africa, iscac, yaounde, first, ever, tertiary, training, inst. Bassek Ba Kobhio born 1957 is a Cameroonian filmmaker writer 1 and founder of the Ecrans Noirs 2 film festival in Yaounde Cameroon He is also the Director of the Higher Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Professionals of Central Africa ISCAC in Yaounde the first ever tertiary training institution for cinematography in the Central Africa sub region 3 Bassek Ba KobhioBorn1957NinjeNationalityCameroonianCitizenshipCameroonianOccupation s Filmmaker writerNotable workLe grand blanc de Lambarene Contents 1 Life 2 Works 2 1 Films 2 2 Books 3 References 4 External linksLife editBassek Ba Kobhio was born in 1957 in Ninje 4 He started as a writer winning a short story award while still at high school in 1976 Kobhio s first feature film Sango Malo 1991 was an auto adaptation of his earlier novel The film portrayed a new village school teacher whose indifference to traditional customs causes conflict with the school s headmaster and disrupts village life His second film Le grand blanc de Lambarene 1995 brought out the complexities of character of Albert Schweitzer Despite clear differences of setting and subject matter both films offer vivid portraits of flawed idealists who wish to do good but are authoritarian puritanical at odds with their surroundings and neglectful towards their womenfolk 5 In 2003 he collaborated with Didier Ouenangare on The Silence of the Forest an adaptation of a novel by Etienne Goyemide 6 Works editFilms edit Sango Malo The Village Teacher 1990 Le grand blanc de Lambarene The Great White Man of Lambarene 1995 Musique s en va t en guerre Music goes to war 1997 Documentary with Didier Ouenangare Le silence de la foret The Forest 2003Books edit Sango Malo le maitre du canton Sango Malo the village teacher Paris L Harmattan 1981 Les eaux qui debordent nouvelles Paris L Harmattan 1984References edit Armes Roy 2008 Dictionary of African Filmmakers Indiana University Press ISBN 978 0 253 35116 6 Bassek Ba Kobhio l homme qui met le cinema au cœur de l Afrique TV5MONDE in French 2017 07 17 Retrieved 2022 10 20 New cinematography institution to boost film industry University World News Retrieved 2022 10 20 Roy Armes 2008 Dictionary of African Filmmakers Indiana University Press p 148 ISBN 978 0 253 35116 6 Roy Armes 2006 African Filmmaking North and South of the Sahara Indiana University Press p 100 ISBN 0 253 21898 5 Stefanson Blandine Petty Sheila eds 2014 Literary Adaptation Directory of World Cinema Africa Vol 39 Intellect Books p 224 ISBN 978 1 78320 391 8 External links editBassek Ba Kobhio at IMDb Bassek Ba Kobhio African Film Festival Inc Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bassek Ba Kobhio amp oldid 1185698136, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
