BAMAKO— Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, a leader of African movie theater with an occupation extending half a century, has actually passed away at age 84, Malian tv introduced Wednesday.
The source of Cissé’s fatality was not introduced. The Malian federal government claimed Cissé “had actually simply held an interview to existing 2 prizes as an overture to the 29th version of Fespaco, the Pan-African Movie and Tv Event of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), which will certainly open this following weekend break in the resources of Burkina Faso.”
Cissé was the initial Black African filmmaker to win an attribute movie reward at Cannes. He likewise won honors, consisting of the Court Reward at Cannes in 1987 for his movie ‘Yeelen’ (The Light), and in 2023, he won the Carrosse d’or at the Cannes Movie Event in France for his movie ‘Finye’ (The Wind).
Cissé is likewise a two-time victor of the Étalon d’or de Yennenga, the Grand Reward of the Ouagadougou Pan-African Movie and Tv Event.
Birthed in Bamako, Mali, Cissé researched in Mali, Senegal and Moscow, Russia. He was Head of state of the Union of Creators and Business Owners of Movie Theater and Audiovisuals of West Africa.
Tributes gathered for Cisse, whose trailblazing service the cinema throughout over half a century was noted by a dedication to African narration, deep humanism and political interaction.
” Papa passed away today in Bamako. We are done in shock. He committed all his life to his nation, to movie theater and to art,” Mariam Cisse claimed.
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