Mohamed Camara (film director)

Mohamed Camara (film director)
Mohamed Camara
Born 1959
Conakry, Guinea
Other names Mohamed Kamara
Occupation film director, actor
Years active 1986–present

Mohamed Camara (b. 1959 in Conakry) is a Guinean film director and actor based in France.[1] He studied at the Atelier Blanche Salant in Paris.[2] He has explored controversial topics in his films such as incest (Denko), child suicide (Minka) and homosexuality (Dakan).[3] 1997's Dakan has been called the first film on homosexuality by a Black African.[4]

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.[5][6]

Contents

Filmography

Actor

Year Film
1988 The House of Smiles
1994 Neuf mois
1997 100% Arabic

Director

Year Film
1993 Denko
1994 Minka
1997 Dakan

References

  1. ^ Epprecht, Marc (2007-04-12). "African Masculinities: Men in Africa from the late Nineteenth Century to the Present". Postcolonial Text 3 (1). http://postcolonial.org/index.php/pct/article/view/637/387. Retrieved 2008-03-15. 
  2. ^ Association des trois mondes (2000) (in French). Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. KARTHALA Editions. pp. 116. ISBN 2845860609. http://books.google.com/?id=61Ol3PLhYhsC. 
  3. ^ Armes, Roy (2006). African filmmaking: north and south of the Sahara. Indiana University Press. pp. 152. ISBN 0253348536. http://books.google.com/?id=yFJnRzJ8HuMC. 
  4. ^ Spaas, Lieve (2000). The Francophone Film: A Struggle for Identity. Manchester University Press. pp. 225. ISBN 0719058619. http://books.google.com/?id=suDmAWP6VzoC. 
  5. ^ "Dakan". Variety. http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/135365/Dakan.html?dataSet=1. Retrieved 2008-03-15. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Awards for Mohamed Camara". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131182/awards. Retrieved 2008-03-15. 

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