Cinema of Benin

The Cinema of Benin refers to the film industry of the Republic of Benin in West Africa.

History[]

Sources differ as to the which was the first Beninese film, with some pointing to the short Lumière des hommes (1954, director unknown),^[1] with others pointing to the work of Pascal Abikanlou, who made a number of documentaries in the 1960s, followed by his first feature film Sous le signe du vaudou in 1974.^[2][3] Richard De Medeiros was another noted director of the early independence years, beginning with 1970's Le roi est mort en exil, an examination of Béhanzin, the last king of Dahomey.^[4] He went on to make the feature-length Le nouveau venu (1972), which explored the issue of corruption and the conflict between modernity and tradition in Benin.^[5] François Okioh made a number of short documentaries in the 1980s, as well as the feature-length dramas Ironou (1985) and Enfants de... (1985).^[6] Noted filmmakers of the last two decades are Jean Odoutan (Barbecue Pejo, 2000; Pim-Pim Tché, 2010), (Si-Gueriki, la reine-mère, 2002) and Sylvestre Amoussou (Africa Paradis, 2006).

List of Beninese films[]

This is a sortable list of films produced in Benin.^{[7][1][8][4][6]}

See also[]

• Culture of Benin
• List of African films

References[]

External links[]

• Benin film Archived 2005-05-04 at the Wayback Machine at the Internet Movie Database