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Aminata Ouédraogo

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Aminata Ouédraogo
Born
Burkinabé
EducationInstitut Africain d'Education Cinématographique (INAFEC). Film school at the University of Ouagadougou. Institut du Multimedia et Architecture de la Communication (IMAC) in Paris
Alma materUniversity of Ouagadougou
Occupation(s)Filmmaker and administrator
Notable workAlcoolisme, 1992

Aminata Ouédraogo is a Burkinabé filmmaker and administrator. She is general coordinator of the Pan-African Union of Women in the Image Industry (UPAFI).[1]

Life

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Ouédraogo studied at the Institut Africain d'Education Cinématographique (INAFEC), a film school at the University of Ouagadougou, before studying at the Institut du Multimedia et Architecture de la Communication (IMAC) in Paris.[1]

Ouédraogo has advised the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). In 1991, at the 12th FESPACO, she created the Association of African Women Professionals in Cinema, Television and Video (AFAPCTV).[2] In 1995 the AFAPCTV was restructured as the Pan-African Union of Women in the Image Industry (UPAFI), with Ouédraogo as general coordinator.[3] She is technical advisor to the Minister of Culture and Tourism in Burkina Faso.[3]

Filmography

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  • L'impasse, 1988. Fiction.
  • A qui le tour?, 1991. Documentary
  • Ak Patashi (Qui m'a poussé), 1992. Documentary.
  • Alcoolisme, 1992. Documentary.

References

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  1. ^ a b 'Interview with Aminata Ouédraogo', in Ellerson, Beti, ed., Sisters of the Screen: Women of Africa on Film Video and Television, NJ: Africa World Press, 2000. Reprinted online at https://www.africanwomenincinema.org/AFWC/Ouedraogo.html.
  2. ^ Sophie Hoffelt (1998). "Les femmes réalisatrices en Afrique subsaharienne". L'Afrique politique: 24. ISBN 978-2-86537-843-2.
  3. ^ a b Claire Diao, Aminata Ouedraogo : « Un jour, une femme remportera l’Étalon de Yennenga ! », africultures, 2 June 2009.