{"id":1235,"date":"2011-05-18T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.com\/windhoek-screening-of-voyage-a-ouaga-in-attendance-of-director-camille-mouyeke-on-sat-21-may-2011-19h-at-goethe-centre\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:40:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:40:15","slug":"windhoek-screening-of-voyage-a-ouaga-in-attendance-of-director-camille-mouyeke-on-sat-21-may-2011-19h-at-goethe-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africavenir.org\/en\/windhoek-screening-of-voyage-a-ouaga-in-attendance-of-director-camille-mouyeke-on-sat-21-may-2011-19h-at-goethe-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Windhoek: Screening of “Voyage \u00e0 Ouaga” in Attendance of Director Camille Mouyeke on Sat 21 May 2011, 19h at Goethe-Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, 21. May, 2011, 19h<\/b> AfricAvenir in cooperation with Allison Productions, OptiMedia, the Congolese Embassy in Namibia, and the Goethe-Centre\/NADS is proud to present \u201cVoyage a Ouaga\u201d in attendance of director Camille Mouyeke<\/b> (Congo), 2001nVoyage \u00e0 Ouaga
Director: Camille Mouyeke, Producer: Elena Zoubkou, Sekou Traore Congo-Brazzaville 2001, 90 min., Original with English subtitles<\/b>
When: Saturday, 21. May, 2011, 19h00
Where: Goethe-Centre\/NADS, Fidel Castro Ave 1-4
Entrance: Free<\/b><\/p>\n

Not to be missed:
Director Camille Mouyeke will be attending the screening!<\/p>\n

A Q-&-A session after the screening will follow.
Beverages courtesy of the Congolese Embassy in Namibia.<\/p>\n

Director<\/b>
Director Camille Mouyeke was born 1962 in Congo. He studied Cinema at the University of Paris VIII and obtained a Masters in film school in 1993. He made many short films, like \u201cPolice Violence\u201d (1993), \u201cThe Fire Proof\u201d (1995), and \u201cThe Mavericks\u201d (1998), before making \u201cVoyage a Ouaga\u201d (2001). \u201cVoyage a Ouaga\u201d was his first feature film and was part of the official selection at FESPACO 2001.<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/b>
Lionel, a young Frenchman, who has just arrived in Cotonou, Benin, loses his car, airplane ticket and passport and his hopes in riots in the city. Zao, an African with his wife Loutaya and their little girl. In spite of his qualifications Zao can’t find work. With young Sekou, his friend, they make a living by doing odd jobs, Zao dreams of going to Ouagadougou, the African film city, to join his father whom he has never known. Meanwhile Loutaya provides solace. Lionel and Zao meet and become friends. In search of new dreams they travel across the country to Porto Novo.
This is a humours road-movie mocking European and African prejudices.<\/p>\n

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