Cinematography: Sékou Ouedraogo

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Sékou Ouedraogo. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


God's Gift

1982 · Movie · 75 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Gaston Kaboré

Cast Serge Yanogo · Rosine Yanogo · Joseph Nikiema · Colette Kaboré

Plot In pre-colonial times a peddler crossing the savanna discovers a child lying unconscious in the bush. When the boy comes to, he is mute and cannot explain who he is....

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Poko (S)

1981 · Movie · 22 min. · Burkina Faso

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Djanta

2007 · Movie · 106 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Tassere Ouédraogo

Cast Sandra Soubeiga

Plot Djanta, a bright young female student, returns to her parent's village at the behest of the pastor who raised her since she was a child. There, she is surprised to...

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Zan Boko

1988 · Movie · 95 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Gaston Kaboré

Cast Mathias Bayili · Colette Kaboré · Joseph Nikiema · Gady Pafadnam

Plot In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the placenta....

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The Painter's Nephew

1989 · Movie · 29 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Moustapha Dao

Cast Oumarou Kabore

Plot Eleven-year-old Ali lives in a little village in Burkina Faso. The hare, the hyena and the imp (little masked characters) live in the magical world that Ali’s grandmother invents for...

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All is Well

1991 · Movie · 98 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction S. Pierre Yameogo

Cast Yolande Belem · Laure Kaho · Cheick Kone · Denis Yameogo

Plot Joe's life-long ambition of becoming a doctor in his country of Burkina Faso is fueled by his helplessness when his father dies at a young age. He is thwarted by...

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Issa the Weaver (S)

1985 · Movie · 20 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Idrissa Ouedraogo

Cast Ernest Ouedraogo · Assétou Sanfo

Plot Issa is a traditional weaver in Burkina Faso who loves his trade. However, so as not to lose his clientele and keep on making enough to keep his wife, Issa...

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Twenty Years of African Cinema

1983 · Documentary · 95 min. · Tunisia

Direction Férid Boughedir

Plot Camera de Afrique Is a 1983 documentary. Acclaimed Tunisian filmmaker Férid Boughedir wrote, produced and directed this documentary that recounts 20 years in the history of African cinema through interviews...

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The Choice

1986 · Movie · 78 min. · Burkina Faso

Direction Idrissa Ouedraogo

Cast Aoua Guiraud · Moussa Blogo · Assita Ouédraogo · Fatima Ouedraogo

Plot The story takes place in Burkina Faso. Poverty grows with each year that passes at Gourga, a village on the borders of the Sahel. The inhabitants must choose: either wait...

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