Moustapha Alassane Trailers
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Moustapha Alassane (1942–17 March 2015) was a Nigerien filmmaker.
Born in 1942 in N’Dougou (Niger), Moustapha Alassane graduated in mechanics. However, in the Rouch IRSH in Niamey he learned the cinematographic technique and thereafter became one of its main proponents. Jean Rouch provided for Alassane's education and accommodation in Canada, where he met the famous Norman McLaren, who taught him about animation.
He was the creator of the first animated films of the sub-Saharan Africa, also directing documentaries and fiction films. He was Head of Cinema Department at the Niamey University for 15 years.
Moustapha Alassane directed, in 1962, two shorts inspired in traditional tales: Aoure and La Bague du roi Koda. Representing African culture (e.g. in Deela ou el Barka le conteur, 1969 and Shaki, 1973), Alassane also employed moral satire (F.V.V.A., femme, villa, voiture, argent, 1972), denouncing the thirst for power for “new wealth” in Africa. Social criticism and black humour are in almost all of his films. Le Retour d'un aventurier (1966) is considered the first African western. The frog was his favourite animal and protagonist of most of his animated films, because Alassane believed it is funnier to animate frogs rather than humans.
His workshop was based in Tahoua. To work, Alassane used several materials, such as wood, metal or wire, glue, fabric or sponge.
Numerous retrospectives of Alassane's career have been made in several international film festivals.
Moustapha Alassane was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
Most Popular Moustapha Alassane Trailers
Total trailers found: 19
30 November 2014
Tahar Cheriaa: Under the Shadow of the Baobab documents the career of one of the core fathers of Pan-Africanism and founder of Africa’s first film festival, the Carthage Film Festival.
22 August 1970
An African travels to Paris to learn about the construction of tall buildings, but is soon taken up with the oddities of French life.
01 January 1973
The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman to put an end to their anger.
01 January 1967
A market is held in Bagagi, Niger, once a week. The butchers are the focal point of this event which is essential to the existence of the social group.
01 January 1964
This documentary offers an overview of French scientific research in Africa French scientific research in Africa: hydrology, botany, biology oil palm and coconut cultivation, industrial sea fishing and and urban planning.
01 January 1966
Back from the US to his village in Niger, a man brings Ameican Western outfits to his close friends, who immediately identify with cowboys.
02 January 1972
Ali is the image of modern Africa. He happily returns from a football match on his motorbike but a nasty surprise is waiting for him at his parents' home: he finds Haoua, his bride-to-be, waiting for him.
12 October 1962
This hybrid documentary chronicles the life of a young married Zharma(ethnic Muslim) couple living in the Niger River Valley.
12 October 2008
Moustapha Alassane is a living legend in African cinema. His adventures take us to the era of “pre-cinema”, to the times of magical lantern and Chinese shadows.
12 October 1962
Alassane brings to life the Zharma legend of King Koda who, in order to test the loyalty of a subject, asks him to guard one of his rings for a year.
12 October 1973
Alassane considers the mingling of traditions during the coronation of the new Shaki king of the Oyo state of western Nigeria.
24 August 1966
One taxi driver, the other mechanics or masons. They drive a moped as Johnny Halliday and wear pants Zazous.
01 January 2001
The festive citizens of the Kingdom of Frogs crowd into an arena to watch their warriors engage in hand-to-hand combat and to see Tountia and her musicians perform an enchanting concert.
01 January 1966
Monsieur Sim, the president of the Republic of Toads, receives a scoundrel’s welcome from his citizenry after returning from a luxury holiday abroad (disguised as a diplomatic mission).
26 March 1977
Based on a traditional folktale, this animated film follows the hero Sambagana, who must complete a succession of arduous trials in order to make a princess laugh and earn her consent to marriage.
01 January 1965
An animated film made with humor and tenderness whose action takes place in a small village in the African bush.
