Mohamed Camara (film director)
Mohamed Camara | |
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| Born | 1959 L.A. Outfest |
Mohamed Camara (born 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
In North America, Camara is perhaps best known for his performance as Ousmane in the wildly popular educational series French in Action.
Filmography
Actor
| Year | Film |
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| 1988 | The House of Smiles |
| 1994 | Neuf mois |
| 1997 | 100% Arabic
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| 1997 | Dakan |
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). Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- ISBN 2-84586-060-9.
- ISBN 0-253-34853-6.
- ISBN 0-7190-5861-9.
- ^ "Dakan". Variety. Archived from the original on November 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
External links
- Mohamed Camara at IMDb
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