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Africa Session
In defence of Human Rights African filmmakers
with a difficult mission Cas of Ciné Droit Libre
Luc Damiba, Semfilms, Burkina
Faso semfilms_at_semfilms.bf
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Human Right Network Film Festival ( HRNF) in the
world.
(For more information) http//www.humanrightsfilmn
etwork.org
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Human right film in Africas context

• In Africa there is a shortfall in production of
  documentary films and fiction on the topic of
  human rights. This means that films produced by
  Africa filmmakers and distributed in Africa are
  still very low. Why?

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Human right film in Africas context

• During a long time, films producers on the
  violation of human rights are coming from the
  outside.
• Many films dealing with human rights in Africa
  are produced by Western filmmakers. Many
  filmmakers dare not overly focus on topics
  related to politics and especially human rights,
  on the grounds that censorship is a constant and
  pervasive.
• This censorship is even present in festivals as
  Fespaco, Carthage where films were denied because
  politically incorrect

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• Few daring filmmakers are beginning to produce
  beautiful movies. Today cinematographic industry
  is commit to denounce violations of citizens'
  rights, defend human rights across Africa, But
  most of the films produced by African directors,
  financing coming from outside.
• Africa filmmakers who want to make movies too
  sensitive are forced to find outside support.
• Funding for the production and distribution of
  films by African directors are provided by the
  North.

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Some experiences with their difficulties from
Africans films on human right

• Yet, there are many human on violations that
  filmmakers are required to update.
• Wars create numerous chances to deny rights to
  life, freedom of expression. Poverty is a fertile
  ground for all sorts of crime (drug trafficking,
  firearms, corruption, etc.). Any things that we
  filmmakers should set the goal of their camera.
  

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Some experiences with their difficulties from
Africans films on human right

• "African filmmaker who point on human right
  became the black cheep of some African
  governments that were pressuring France (main
  provider of funds), accusing him of making"
  revolutionary.
• Thus Cameroon, in a letter from its ambassador to
  Paris, asked the Department of cooperation not to
  fund "The Price of Freedom" (1978) by Dikongué
  Pipa.
• Even attitude of the Malian government against
  the film "Den" Muso Cissé. Even censure against
  the film "Faces of Women" by Désiré Ecaré, banned
  in the country, Côte d'Ivoire

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• The french filmmaker, René Vautier, with his film
  "50" Africa was censored a long time in French.
  He went in Africa for a film command on the
  lives of blacks on behalf of a syndicate of
  french teacher. Then he discovered a different
  reality and deflects the subject. Thus, He wants
  to show the violation of human rights by the
  colonizers on indigenous peoples, the French
  authorities of the time do everything to prevent
  his film project to succeed.

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CINE DROIT LIBRE

• Is a film festival on human right and freedom
  press. Since 2005 its standing at Ouagadougou
  and others littles towns In Burkina Faso.
• Let see opening session of Ciné droit Libre

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CINE DROIT LIBRE

• was created after suffered by censorship of my
  film  Borry Bana . Le destin fatal of Norbert
  Zongo  edited in 2003 and never been selected by
  Fespaco, nor accepted to be show in the movies
  roms in my country.
• fight against censorship, despite of that, every
  year, we have to deal with the political regime
  in order to screen some movies. ( spaces, getting
  movies enter in the country, technical
  arrangements, etc.)

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CINE DROIT LIBRE.

• Is the second African film festival which is
  focus on human rights and freedom press. The
  first on had been stand in SA ( Tri-continental
  film festival).
• Was extended in the villages and will be
  extended this year (2008) to Ivory Cost , Mali
  and Senegal.
• Let seen the first extending in the village
  (Dori).

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CINE DROIT LIBRE

• is supported Danish, Switzerland , Holland
  develpement cooperation agencies. With the
  partership of FIFDH ( Geneva) and Movie That
  Matter from Holland.
• currently mobilized around 16.000 peaople.
  Target people are civil service, journalists,
  Humans right activists, and ONGs members,
  student.
• Let see University of Ouagadougou screening.

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CINE DROIT LIBRE

• Is based on three principles
• One film
• One Topic
• One Debate
• Let see an example.

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Merci, Danke, Thank, Barka