The 2019 Fespaco was also marked by allegations of sexual abuse levelled against African filmmakers by actresses encouraged by the #MeToo movement.
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the film uses a dead body that nobody wants to bury as the propeller for a satire on pen-pushers, hate-mongers, and humbugs.
“Desrances” is in competition with 19 other full-length movies for the so-called “African Oscar”
Some 100,000 people are expected to attend 450 screenings over the next week
150,000 children have been kept away from school
Organisers are expecting 4,500 industry participants and 100,000 members of the public to turn out for 450 screenings
Two injured police officers were receiving treatment at a local clinic
On the eve of the summit, 14 civilians were killed by insurgents in a pre-dawn attack at Kain.
Ouagadougou has been hit three times since 2016, with nearly 60 lives lost.
At least four Burkinabe soldiers were killed Monday when gunmen raided a military base in the north, security sources said, a day after 10 people died…