Balafola
Guinea, France
2000
20 Min
Color
French
Balla is a young Guinean balafon player. During a tour in France with his band, he stumbles across his father. —Africulture
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