| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (53 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
"A biography of Thomas Sankara, a charismatic army captain who became the first president of Burkina Faso after a popularly-supported coup. During his four years in office before being assassinated, he instituted a wide range of progressive social and economic reforms.Sankara is still venerated on his own continent as the 'African Che,' a legendary martyr like Patrice Lumumba or Amilcar Cabral. The film recovers for the present a detailed history of Sankara's brief four-year rule and his revolutionary program for African self-reliance as a defiant alternative to the neo-liberal development strategies imposed on Africa by the West, both then and today."--Distributor's abstract |
| Notes |
Title from title frame |
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Originally produced as a documentary film in 2006 |
| Credits |
Photography, Marc Ridley, Robin Shuffield ; editing, Samuel Gantier, Serge Dietrich ; original music, Cyril Orcel |
| Notes |
Streaming video file |
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Narration in English; dialogue in French, with yellow English subtitles |
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Also issued as videodisc (DVD) |
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Description based on videodisc (DVD) version record |
| Subject |
Sankara, Thomas
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| SUBJECT |
Sankara, Thomas. fast (OCoLC)fst00182957 |
| Subject |
Presidents -- Burkina Faso -- Biography
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Politics and government.
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Presidents.
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Burkina Faso -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93007250
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Burkina Faso -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89005810
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Burkina Faso.
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Biographical films.
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Biographies.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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History.
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Internet videos.
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Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Documentaires.
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Films biographiques.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Shuffield, Robin, filmmaker.
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Ridley, Marc, director of photography.
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Gantier, Samuel, editor of moving image work.
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Dietrich, Serge, editor of moving image work.
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Orcel, Cyril, composer (expression)
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Zorn Production International, production company.
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ARTE France, production company.
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Société nationale de programme France-Régions, production company.
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California Newsreel (Firm)
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