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Sankara Is Not Dead
Directed byLucie Viver
Written byLucie Viver
Produced byEugénie Michel-Villette
StarringBikontine
CinematographyLucie Viver
Edited byNicolas Milteau
Music byRodolphe Burger
Distributed byNjutafilms
Release date
  • 23 February 2019 (2019-02-23)
Running time
109 minutes
CountriesBurkina Faso
France
LanguageFrench

Sankara Is Not Dead (theatrically as Sankara n'est pas mort) is a 2019 French documentary film directed by Burkinabé filmmaker Lucie Viver and produced by Eugénie Michel-Villette.[1][2] The film revolves around the young poet Bikontine who starts a journery from South to North after Burkina Faso's October 2014 popular uprising during the reign of former president Thomas Sankara.[3][4]

In 2021, the film won the Best History Documentary Prize at Benin City Film Festival.[5][6]

Cast

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  • Bikontine as himself

Awards

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The film has received critics acclaim and screened in many international film festivals.[7][8] The film also won many awards.[5]

  • Best Documentary Direction in Festival Internacional de Cine Austral
  • Special Festival Mention in Tamil Nadu Film Festival
  • MENTION SPÉCIALE DU JURY DOKer Festival International du Film Documentaire
  • SPECIAL MENTION DOKer Moscow International Documentary Film Festival 2020
  • FIRST PRIZE "Breaking boundaries" RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
  • Best Documentary Feature Budapest IFF HUNGARY 2019
  • SPECIAL JURY PRIZE in African International Film Festival AFRIFF
  • JOHN MARSHALL AWARD for Contemporary Ethnographic Media au Camden IFF, USA
  • ENTREVUES DE BELFORT, PRIX FILM EN COURS 2018

References

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  1. ^ "Sankara Is Not Dead - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival". www.bigskyfilmfest.org. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  2. ^ "Sankara is not dead". africasacountry.com. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  3. ^ "Sankara is Not Dead". Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  4. ^ "Sankara Is Not Dead - African Film Festival, Inc". Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  5. ^ a b "SANKARA IS NOT DEAD". Les Films du Bilboquet. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  6. ^ "Sankara Is Not Dead". Cinéma du réel. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  7. ^ "SANKARA IS NOT DEAD – ethnocineca". Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  8. ^ "SANKARA IS NOT DEAD". doker-eng. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
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