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Balafola

Guinea, France

2000

20 Min
Color
French
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DIR Mohamed Camara

SCR Mohamed Camara

DP Johanne Debas

CAST Tony Mpoudja, James Campbell, Mohamed Camara, Naky Sissavane

ED Christopher Nowak

MUSIC Ousmane Kouyate

SOUND Laurent Charbonnier

Synopsis

Balla is a young Guinean balafon player. During a tour in France with his band, he stumbles across his father. —Africulture

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Mohamed Camara

Mohamed Camara (b. 1959 in Conakry) is a Guinean film director and actor based in France. He studied at the Atelier Blanche Salant in Paris. He has explored controversial topics in his films such as incest (Denko), child suicide (Minka) and homosexuality (Dakan). 1997’s Dakan has been called the first film on homosexuality by a Black African. Camara has won several international awards for his films, including the Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Foreign Narrative Feature at L.A. Outfest for Dakan. —Wikipedia 

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