Apolline Traoré

Apolline Traoré (born 1976, Ouagadougou) is a Burkinabé filmmaker.

Apolline Traoré
Born1976
Ouagadougou
NationalityBurkinabé
EducationEmerson College
OccupationFilmmaker

Biography

She was born in 1976 in Ouagadougou. Her father's profession, a diplomat, led to her travelling the world. At the age of 17, her family moved to the United States and she began her studies at Emerson College in Boston, a well known institution in the field of art and communication.[1][2]

In the 2000s, she directed several short films, including The Price of Ignorance in 2000 (about a Bostonian rape victim) and Kounandi in 2003, which was selected for the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. She produced her own feature film, Sous la clarté de la lune, in 2004.[1]

She returned to Burkina Faso in 2005 and started working with Idrissa Ouédraogo.[2] In 2008, she directed a television series, Le testament. The feature films that made her known were Moi Zaphira (2013)[3] and Frontières (2018), a film awards two prizes in February 2017 at Fespaco, a film festival of Ouagadougou.[2][4]

Filmography
  • Desrances (2019)
  • Borders (2017)
  • Moi Zaphira (2013)
  • La testament (2008)
  • Sous la clarté de la lune (2004)
  • Korundai (2004)
  • Monia et Rama (2002)
  • The Price of Ignorance (2000)

References
  1. Brière, Jean-François (2008-01-01). Dictionnaire des cinéastes africains de long métrage (in French). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 9782811142506.
  2. "Quatuor complice aux "Frontières"". Libération.fr (in French). 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  3. ""Moi Zaphira", Bravo Apolline Traoré ! - RFI". RFI Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  4. "" Frontières " : mélodrame et libre circulation des biens" (in French). 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
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