Sékou Traoré
Sékou Traoré is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso. He and his friends Dani Kouyaté and Issa Traoré de Brahima established the production company Sahelis Productions in 1992. He has worked as director, producer and production manager on a number of films, including both fiction and documentary.
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Sékou Traoré
- Name
- Sékou Traoré
- Known for
- Gorel ou le Mil Promis
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Born
- 1962 · Bobo-Dioulasso.
- Nationality
- Burkina Faso · Mali · France
- Education
- University Joseph Ki-Zerbo · Conservatoire du cinéma et de la fiction
- Languages
- French
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Sékou Traoré is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso. He and his friends Dani Kouyaté and Issa Traoré de Brahima established the production company Sahelis Productions in 1992. He has worked as director, producer and production manager on a number of films, including both fiction and documentary.
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Key facts
• Name — Sékou Traoré • Known for — Gorel ou le Mil Promis • Occupation — Filmmaker
Filmography
Filmography
A partial list of films: • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2015 — Eye of the Storm — Director — 101 minutes: Drama • 2010 — Notre étrangère — Co-producer — 82 minutes. Director: Sarah Bouyain. • 2010 — Un Homme Qui Crie (A screaming man) — Production Manager — 100 minutes. Feature film. Director: Mahamat Saleh Haroun. Jury Prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. • 2007 — Rêves de poussière (Dreams of Dust) — Associate Producer — 86 minutes. Director: Laurent Salgues Nominated for the grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival • 2006 — Djanta — Director of Photography — 106 minutes. Director: Tahirou Tasséré Ouédraogo • 2004 — GERMAIN ENTRE BOITES & FIL DE FER — Director — Documentary • 2004 — DE LA TEINTURE AUX MOTIFS — Director — Documentary • 2004 — PROGRAMME DE LUTTE CONTRE LE STRIGA EN AFRIQUE — Director — Documentary • 2003 — Gorel ou le Mil Promis — Director — 45 minutes: Short fiction • 2003 — Siraba, La Grande Voie — Producer — 90 minutes. Director: Issa Traoré de Brahima • 2001 — Sia, le rêve du python — Co-producer — 96 minutes. Director: Dani Kouyaté. • 1997 — ISMAËL, UN EXEMPLE DE COURAGE — Director — Documentary • 1997 — UNE FEMME DES ÉLEVEURS — Director — Documentary • 1989 — Bilakoro — Writer — 15 minutes. Directors: Dani Kouyaté, Issa Traoré de Brahima
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scholarly publication
- Sékou Traoré, director. L’oeil du cyclone (Eye of the Storm). 2015. 104 minutes. French. Burkina Faso. Les Films d’Avalon, Abissia Productions, Vynavy. No price reported, African Studies Review, 2016
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2016
- Traoré, Sékou. La Fédération des Étudiants d’Afrique Noire en France, (FEANF), Paris, Ed. L’Harmattan, 1985, 102 p, Études internationales, 1987
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1987
reference work
- “Sékou Traoré”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7666013: Sékou Traoré
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Biographie sur le site du festival du film d'Amiens
- 2.Biographie sur le site Africultures
- 3.Avec le cinéaste burkinabè Sékou Traoré dans «L’œil du cyclone». 2017-11-22.
- 4.Entretien avec Sékou Traoré. 2020-03-19.
- 5.Sékou Traoré, réalisateur burkinabè : "Cette année, nous allons essayer de rattraper l’étalon". 2015-03-06.
- 6.SPLA A l'ombre d'un tamarinier. www.spla.pro.
- 7.La fiche technique du film «Sia, le rêve du python» - un film long métrage de Dani Kouyaté.
- 8.Sékou Traoré, Producteur.trice.
- 9.Personnes Africultures : Traoré Sékou.
- 10.IFcinéma - Ça peut me tuer.
- 11.«L’oeil du cyclone» de Sékou Traore : une histoire d'amour mortelle. 2021-08-31.
- 12.Palmarès du Fespaco 2015
- 13.Prix UEMOA de l'intégration.
- 14.Lumières d'Afrique 2015 : "L'Oeil du Cyclone" de Sékou Traoré à nouveau primé.
- 15.Meilleur Film, Africa Movie.
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Traoré, Sékou. La Fédération des Étudiants d’Afrique Noire en France, (FEANF), Paris, Ed. L’Harmattan, 1985, 102 p, Études internationales, 1987Crossref registry
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