Sacred Places
In Ouagadougou, a video-club manager, a djembe maker and a public letter writer help Jean-Marie Teno think about cinema in Africa.
A film by Jean-Marie Teno
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- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Audio
- English · Stereo
- Quality
- FHD
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
About the film
Saint-Léon is a modest neighborhood of Ouagadougou, tucked between the cathedral and two mosques. There, three men fight to survive and keep their dignity. Bouba runs a small video club that screens cheap DVDs, mostly action films, for ten to fifteen viewers at a time. Jules César makes and plays the djembe, which he sees as cinema’s big brother. Abbo, a technician in his fifties, has become a public letter writer and decorates the city’s walls with philosophical quotations.
In the city of FESPACO, African films are largely absent from African screens, even though the digital era should make local images easier to produce and distribute. Through these three lives, Jean-Marie Teno explores identity in times of globalization, the state of African cinema and the ties between art, popular culture and business.
- Directed by
- Jean-Marie Teno
- Studios
- Les Films du Raphia, Raphia Films Production
- Distributed by
- Les Films du Raphia
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What people are saying
- Official SelectionNew York African Film Festival2009
- Official SelectionSan Francisco International Film Festival2009
- Official SelectionHot Docs2009
- Official SelectionSilverdocs2009
- Official SelectionLos Angeles Independent Film Festival2009
- Official SelectionDurban International Film Festival2009
- Official SelectionDOK Leipzig2009
- Official SelectionSheffield International Documentary Festival2009
- Official SelectionIDFA2009
- Official SelectionDubai International Film Festival2009
- Official SelectionDOK.fest München2010
- Official SelectionAfrica in Motion2010
“Une ballade revigorante.”
“A beautifully sensitive and personal film”
“[Sacred Places] is an interesting meditation on the nature of story-telling.”
“Malgré son constat plutôt amer (sur l’avenir du cinéma notamment), il se dégage de ce documentaire un optimisme sous-jacent, qui doit autant à l’énergie brute des personnages qu’au cadre hautement cinématographique de la capitale du Burkina.”
Inside the film
Cast & crew
- Jean-Marie TenoDirector, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor, Sound Recordist, Narrator
- Crystel FournierCinematographer
- Christiane BadgleyEditor
- Jane GilloolyEditor
- SmockeyComposer
- The Alloy OrchestraComposer
- Jules César BamouniComposer
- Franck HéralComposer
- Christophe HéralSound Mixer
