On the occasion of the 26th anniversary of Thomas Sankara\u2019s assassination <\/b>AfricAvenir invites you to the Berlin Premiere<\/b> of the new and highly praised documentary \u201cCapitaine Thomas Sankara\u201d<\/b> in presence of Christophe Cupelin at the Hackesche H\u00f6fe Kino on Sunday, 13 October 2013 at 5 pm. The portrait, composed exclusively of archival footage, of Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso from 4 August 1983 until his assassination on 15 October 1987, is a tribute to this extraordinary statesman<\/b> who substantially influenced the history of his country and of the African continent with his fore-sighted reforms<\/b> and his decidedly anti-imperialistic politics<\/b>. With this documentary reminding of a Punk manifesto fluctuating from idealism to irony, movie maker Christpoh Cupeline provides us with a holistic overview of the intellectual and political heritage<\/b> of this atypical head of state, who irritated and upset the established order through his words as well as his actions.<\/p>\n
\u201eA movie like a straight punnch.\u201c Tribune de Gen\u00e8ve<\/p>\n
\u201eBrutal and moving.\u201c Le Monde<\/p>\n
\u201eSankara had the right words, the courage, the simplicity, the integrity and the personality to lend his ideas great weight. He fought for endogenous development and the autonomy of his country facing unbearable external dependencies. A real fascination emanates from this personality, who believed in what he was doing and knew what he was risking. Cupelin turns this into a fascinating portrait (\u2026)\u201cAfricultures, Olivier Barlet<\/i><\/p>\n
With friendly support of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation and in cooperation with Sunugaal, INKOTA-Network, |+| rendez-vous-cin\u00e9<\/link>, Plan\u00e8te M\u00e9tis, Club der Freunde von RFI, Berlin Poche, Exberliner, Theater im Bauturm, Theaterdiscounter, AK Panafrikanismus, Stoffwechsel, radio multicult.fm<\/i>nSynopsis<\/b>
This archival portrait focuses on Sankara\u2019s term as President of Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) from 4 August 1983, date of his coup and beginning of the \u201csankararist revolution\u201d<\/b>, until his unsolved murder on 15 October 1987. Four years during which Sankara knew that he wouldn\u2019t have much time, tried to implement and inspire as many reforms as possible, take on as many challenges as possible and sustainably change the mentality of Burkinab\u00e8s<\/b>: Abolishment of the minister\u2019s privileges, realization of food security, support of local production, vaccination campaign, expansion of the education system, fight against corruption as well as the advancing desertification and not least the fight for the emancipation of women\u2026 <\/p>\n
Four years during which he fought against the neo-colonial power relations in the world<\/b>, tried to end the influence of old colonial power France and demanded at the assembly of the African Union to not pay the national debts because he understood them as colonial debts<\/b>\u2026 Four restless years full of change which shaped the history of Burkina Faso and of the African continent and ended abruptly with his assassination during the coup of his long-time companion, Blais\u00e9 Compar\u00e9… Four years which lead to the fact that he still until today inspires activists all over Africa and his entire Diaspora<\/b>. Because like he said: \u201cYou can kill a man but you can\u2019t kill his ideas.\u201d <\/i>n