Sékoumar Barry

Back in Conakry, the young film directors became civil servants with the state film production and distribution company Syli Cinéma. After making short documentaries on rice cultivation (Grenier à riz, translation: Granary) and sanitation (L'Assainissement), the government in 1968 enabled Barry to create the nationalist film Et vint la liberté (And freedom came) celebrating the ten-year jubilee of Guinean independence. Touré's regime was based on terror, locking up thousands after the botched coup attempt of 1970, most of them in the concentration camp Boiro. Barry and other filmmakers were arrested and tortured, but he was released after eight months.

• Name — Sékoumar Barry • Born — 1935 • Birthplace — Forécariah, Guinea • Occupation — Film director, filmmaker, screenwriter • Language — French • Notable Works — film Et Vint la Liberté (1969)

Barry's films include: • Year — Film — Genre — Role — Duration (min) • 1965 — Assainissement (L') (translated title: Sanitation) — Documentary — Director — 30 m • 1966 — Mory le crabe (Crab Mory) — Comedy about jealousy — Director — 40 m • 1968 — Et vint la liberté (And freedom came) — Documentary on the independence of Guinea, starring Ahmed Sékou Touré. Black and white — Director and screenwriter — 45 m / 90 min

•. Video duration 39m:51s. Uploader Radio Africa, 2013. French spoken. •. Video duration 7m:12s. Uploader RFI (Radio France Internationale) 2023. French spoken.