N'Diagne Adechoubou
N'Diagne Adechoubou | |
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Born | 7 November 1959 |
Nationality | Beninese |
Citizenship | Beninese |
Occupation(s) | Film Director and Producer |
N'Diagne Adechoubou (born 1959) is a Beninese film director and producer.[1]
Life
[edit]N'Diagne Adechoubou was born on 7 November 1959. He is manager of Akangbe Productions, established in 1992.[2]
In the 1980s Adechoubou travelled to Cuba to film a documentary about the Afro-Cuban painter Manuel Mendive, tracing the elements of Yoruba culture which had travelled to Cuba with African slaves.[3] His documentary on the Autonomous Port of Cotonou, produced in France in the early 1990s,[4] emphasised the port's dynamism.[1]
Adechoubou has worked as producer and cinematographer on several films directed by the Congolese filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda. He was producer for Afro@Digital, a documentary exploring how digital technologies are being used in Africa.[5]
Filmography
[edit]- As director
- Le Pont-Neuf en scene. Documentary.
- Psychose d’amour et de guerre [Psychosis of love and war]. Documentary.
- Manuel Mendive ou l'esprit pictural yoruba [Manuel Mendive or the Yoruba pictorial spirit]. Short documentary, 1987.
- Port Autonome de Cotonou [Autonomous Port of Cotonou]. Medium-length documentary, 1993.
- Zinsou, le grand témoin [Zinsou, the great witness]. Feature-length documentary, 2013.
- As producer
- Watt. Short film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 1999.
- Article 15 bis. Short film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2000.
- Afro@Digital. Medium-length documentary directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2002.
- Juju Factory. Feature-length film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2005.
References
[edit]- ^ a b FESPACO; L'Association des Trois Mondes (2000). "Adechoubou, N'Diagne". Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. KARTHALA Editions. p. 21. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5.
- ^ N'diagne ADECHOUBOU
- ^ Françoise Pfaff (2004). Focus on African Films. Indiana University Press. pp. 261–. ISBN 0-253-21668-0.
- ^ Mathurin C. Houngnikpo; Samuel Decalo (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-8108-7171-7.
- ^ Blandine Stefanson; Sheila Petty (2014). Directory of World Cinema Africa: Directory of World Cinema Africa. Vol. 39. Intellect Books. pp. 93–4. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8.