- Mohamed Camara (film director)
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Mohamed Camara Born 1959
Conakry, GuineaOther names Mohamed Kamara Occupation film director, actor Years active 1986–present Mohamed Camara (b. 1959 in Conakry) is a Guinean film director and actor based in France.[1] He studied at the Atelier Blanche Salant in Paris.[2] He has explored controversial topics in his films such as incest (Denko), child suicide (Minka) and homosexuality (Dakan).[3] 1997's Dakan has been called the first film on homosexuality by a Black African.[4]
Camara has won several international awards for his films, including the Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Foreign Narrative Feature at L.A. Outfest for Dakan.[5][6]
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Filmography
Actor
Year Film 1988 The House of Smiles 1994 Neuf mois 1997 100% Arabic Director
Year Film 1993 Denko 1994 Minka 1997 Dakan References
- ^ Epprecht, Marc (2007-04-12). "African Masculinities: Men in Africa from the late Nineteenth Century to the Present". Postcolonial Text 3 (1). http://postcolonial.org/index.php/pct/article/view/637/387. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- ^ Association des trois mondes (2000) (in French). Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. KARTHALA Editions. pp. 116. ISBN 2845860609. http://books.google.com/?id=61Ol3PLhYhsC.
- ^ Armes, Roy (2006). African filmmaking: north and south of the Sahara. Indiana University Press. pp. 152. ISBN 0253348536. http://books.google.com/?id=yFJnRzJ8HuMC.
- ^ Spaas, Lieve (2000). The Francophone Film: A Struggle for Identity. Manchester University Press. pp. 225. ISBN 0719058619. http://books.google.com/?id=suDmAWP6VzoC.
- ^ "Dakan". Variety. http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/135365/Dakan.html?dataSet=1. Retrieved 2008-03-15.[dead link]
- ^ "Awards for Mohamed Camara". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131182/awards. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
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- Guinean actors
- Guinean film directors
- Living people
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