Didier Ouénangaré
Didier Florent Ouénangaré (1953–2006) was a film director from the Central African Republic, best known for his collaboration with Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek Ba Kobhio on The Silence of the Forest, an adaptation of a novel by Étienne Goyémidé.
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Didier Ouénangaré
- Name
- Didier Florent Ouénangaré
- Born
- 1953
- Birthplace
- Bambari.
- Died
- 29 September 2006
- Known for
- The Silence of the Forest
- Occupation
- * documentary filmmaker
- Education
- University of Rennes
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Didier Florent Ouénangaré (1953–2006) was a film director from the Central African Republic, best known for his collaboration with Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek Ba Kobhio on The Silence of the Forest, an adaptation of a novel by Étienne Goyémidé.
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Didier Ouénangaré (1953–2006) was a film director. The film director was born in Bambari. Didier Ouénangaré was educated at University of Rennes.
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• Name — Didier Florent Ouénangaré • Born — 1953 • Birthplace — Bambari. • Died — 29 September 2006 • Known for — The Silence of the Forest • Occupation — * documentary filmmaker • director • producer • Education — University of Rennes • Citizenship — Central African Republic
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Ouénangaré was born in Bambari. After studying film in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, he graduated from the University of Rennes. The Silence of the Forest was a project conceived by Ouénangaré, who approached Bassek Ba Kobhio to help find financing. It was written in French and Sango, and filmed in Central African Republic and Gabon. It tells the story of Gonaba, an African educated in Europe, who decides to return to his homeland, but increasingly realises the impossibility of breaking through stereotypes and genuinely understanding the way of life of the Baka people, the 'people of the forest' whom he pejoratively labels 'pygmies'. Ouénangaré died on 29 September 2006.
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• Le silence de la forêt [The Silence of the Forest], 2003
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- 1.Ouenangaré Didier, Africiné
- 2.Blandine Stefanson. Directory of World Cinema Africa. Intellect Books. 39. 224. 2014. 978-1-78320-391-8.
- 3.Didier Ouénangaré , Quinzaine des réalisateurs
- 4.Jean Olivier Tchouaffé. Directory of World Cinema Africa. Intellect Books. 39. 250–352. 2014. 978-1-78320-391-8.
- 5.Valérie K. Orlando. New African Cinema. Rutgers University Press. 72–. 2017. 978-0-8135-7957-3.
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