Post on 20-Dec-2015
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.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