AFRI 3100- AFRICAN CINEMA ON LOCATION

INFORMATION SESSIONS: Wednesday, September 28 and Wednesday, October 5, 11.30am to 12.30pm

433 Paterson hallInstructor: Aboubakar Sanogo

Prof. Blair Rutherford, Chair of Institute of African Studies

Prof. Aboubakar Sanogo, Film Studies and African Studies

Welcome and Introductions

The Course

The course is entitled African Cinema on Location and will consist in bringing to Burkina Faso, the home of African cinema, Carleton University students to study the important aspects of African cinema in situ. The course will be structured in such a way as to take the fullest possible advantage of the location, thus being a course that could only be taken there.

Description

Consequently, the course will have a dual focus; the study of African Cinema in general and a case study of the cinema of Burkina Faso as Ouagadougou hosts both the institutions of African and Burkinabe cinema. This dual focus will in turn rest on three legs, that is, institutions, people and places.

Mapping http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=

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African Cinema

Institutions

http://www.fespaco-bf.net/

The African Cinematheque

FEPACI

FESPACO (Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou

The African Cinematheque

Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers

FEPACI

DCN http://www.culture.gov.bf/Site_Ministere/textes/ministere/ministere_sc_dcn.htm

ISIS

Imagine http://www.institutimagine.com/accueil.php

http://www.youtube.com/user/IMAGINEINSTITUTE

National Television of Burkina Faso http://www.tnb.bf/

Other Institutions

People (Potential Guest Speakers)

http://www.france24.com/en/20080221-gaston-kabore-african-maestro-cinema

Film Directors: Gaston Kabore

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idrissa_Ouedraogo

Idrissa Ouedraogo

http://www.fanta-nacro.com/

Fanta Nacro

http://www.filmsdudromadaire.com/html/plan.htm

Boubacar Diallo

http://www.filmsdudromadaire.com/html/plan.htm

Dani Kouyate

Places

FILMMAKERS’ SQUAREOUAGADOUGOU

Clip

Ousmane Sembene Statue

Hotel Independance

FESPACO Headquarters

Movie Theaters

Video parlors

Market

Informal economy of cinema

Costs

Travel Accommodation Food (breakfast and lunch) at Imagine

Institute Coursepack Classroom rental Guest Speakers Ground transportation

Breakdown

Passport Burkina Faso Visa Vaccinations Travel Insurance

Costs not included in the course budget

Seek cheaper airfaire (Maximum 2000CAD)

Perhaps buy two tickets (leaving Ottawa or Montreal)

Transit through Europe (Paris, London)

Find a second ticket to and from Ouagadougou

Airfare: Maximum 2000 CAD

From Canada to Europe: Air Canada, Air France (but try others if you get good deals), Royal Air Maroc

From Europe to Burkina From Paris: Air Burkina, Air France, Royal Air Maroc

From London: Royal Air Maroc

Other airlines flying into Burkina: Ethiopian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Le Point, etc.

Some interested participants have tips on reducing airfare considerably.

Note on Travel

Two types of rooms:

Individual Rooms (20): private bathroom, Split air conditioner, ceiling fan, TV set

Cost per person: Around 45CAD a day

Shared rooms (2 or 3 people per room): Same amenities

Accommodation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_aHCl9Ovjk

Imagine Institute

Breakfast: Tea or coffee+ Milk+1loaf of French bread+Butter+Jam Fruit juice+ yoghurt+seasonal fruit + (5CAD aday)

Catered Lunch (10CAD a day)

All day coffee and tea (2.65 CAD a day)

Evening meals are not included

Food (roughly18 CAD a day)

Will be made here at Carleton before we leave- Readings on African and Burkina Faso cinema

Coursepack 80CAD

Room with a video projector

Roughly 271 CAD per student

Classroom rental

2 hours- 53CAD (25000 cfa)

4 hours-85 CAD (40.000)

6 hours-126 CAD (60.000)

Roughly 300 CAD per student

Guest Speaker Fees (to be shared across participants)

Minibus rental (15 people): 105 CAD a day

Gas price 1.45 CAD

Roughly 221 CAD per student

Ground transportation(shared across participants)

Airfare+Accommodation+Food+Course Pack+Classroom Rental+ Guest Speakers+Ground Transportation

Between 3500CAD and 4000CAD (dependent mostly on airfare)

Total estimated cost

Costs not Included

http://www.burkinafaso.ca/

Consular Requirements: A 90 day visa ($110-$145)

Passport and Visa Fees

Travel Clinic at U. of Ottawa Health Clinic, 100 Marie Curie Street (300), University of Ottawa, t.613-564-3950 :http://www.uottawa.ca/health/health-services/Prepare.html#Travel

Medisys Ottawa Travel Clinic, 1545 Carling Ave, Suite 21, t. (613) 521-8313 : http://www.ottawa-travel-clinic.com/index.htm

Riverside Travel Medicine Clinic, 1919 Riverside Drive, Suite 411, Riverside Hospital, t. 613-733-5553 : http://www.web.net/~petert/

Vaccinations (Indicative- We do not endorse any of them)

Travel Insurance (Blair)

a) Submit a max. one-page explanation of why you want to take the course and any past experience (academic or practical) with Africa and/or film studies: deadline October 31;

b) Selection completed by November 15;

c) Down payment of $1,000 due on January 1

Application Process

Risks and Waivers (Blair)

Potential for fundraising with co-participants to cut costs. Some participants already have experience doing this.

Funding could be sought with one’s MPs, through renting a bar, etc.

Fundraising (Blair)

Placement Course (Blair)

http://www.burkinafaso.ca/ Yellow Fever Vaccine

Malaria Treatment

Embassy of Burkina Faso in Canada

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/burkinafaso/contact-contactez.aspx?view=d

Embassy of Canada in Burkina Faso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6U1cWX6doI&feature=related

Peace Corps in Burkina

Discovery of a new country/Expanding horizons

Meeting the major actors of a cinematic tradition

Having a class on location

Things to Keep in Mind

Please contact:

Professor Aboubakar Sanogo in St.Patrick’s 432

Phone (613) 520-2600 ext 2346Email: aboubakar_sanogo@carleton.ca

Professor Blair Rutherford

For further information or if you cannot attend an Info Session