Democratic Republic of the Congo
Filmmaker · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda
Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda was born on 30 October 1957 in Kinshasa. He studied sociology, history and philosophy in Brussels, was an organiser at the French cultural centre in Lubumbashi from 1979 to 1981, then trained in film in a photographic workshop in Paris and at the Cambridge School of Art. Coming from documentary, including a portrait of Thomas Sankara for a British channel, he founded his production company in 1992, co-founded the African Guild of Directors and Producers in 1999 and taught in Ghana for New York University.
In the catalogue 1
- CinemaThe Draughtsmen ClashLe Damier – Papa national oyé !Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda · 1996Cinema