Mama Keïta

Mama Keïta
Native name
Mama Keïta
Born6 August 1956
Dakar, Senegal
OccupationFilm director, screen writer and film producer
NationalityGuinean and French
CitizenshipGuinean and French
Educationlaw study at Université de Paris-I
Notable worksRagazzi (1991), Le onzième commandement (1998), L'Absence (2009)

Mama Keïta (also Mama Kéïta and Mama Keita, born in 1956) is a Guinean screen writer, film director, and film producer. After studying law at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, he started out as a screen writer, but in 1981 turned to directing short films and in 1991 his first feature film Ragazzi.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Filmography

Keïta's films include:[1][2][3][6]

Year Film Genre Role Duration (min)
1981 Le Cafard Short Film director
1982 L'Oriental Short Film director
1985 Opus 1 Short Film director
1988 Waps Short Film director
1991 Ragazzi Romantic comedy feature Film director, screen writer, co-producer 85 m
1993 1993 Nuit blanche Short Film director
1996 Choisis-toi un ami... Drama fiction feature Film director 90 m
1997 Le Onzième Commandement
(11ème commandement, Le)		 Fiction feature Film director, screen writer 80 m
1998 David Achkar, Une Étoile filante[7] Portrait documentary Film director 21 m
2003 Le Fleuve Comedy feature Film director 90 m
2004 Le Transfert Short Film director
2004 Sur la route du fleuve Documentary Film director 52 m
2007 Le sourire du serpent Thriller feature Film director, screen writer 90 m
2009 L'Absence[8] Drama feature Film director, screen writer, producer 84 m
2009 One More Vote for Obama Drama short Director 14 m
2009 One More Vote for Obama,
part of Afrique vue par… (L’)[3][9]		 Drama short compilation Director 100 m in total
2011 Le Bonheur d'Elza
by Mariette Monpierre		 Drama feature Screen writer, co-producer 79 m
2019 A des Miles du paradis Documentary feature,
portrait of Miles Davis		 Film director, screen writer, producer 100 m

Awards

Keïta's films won the following distinctions:[2][6]

Film Festival Award
Choisis-toi un ami... , 1996 49th Locarno Film Festival 1996 CICAE Jury Prize[10]
Le Fleuve, 2002 Festival Paris Cinéma 2003 Prix de la Presse
L’Absence, 2009 FESPACO 2009 (Burkina Faso) Best Screenplay

References

  1. ^ a b Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. ^ a b c Mama Keïta at IMDb. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  3. ^ a b c "Mama Keïta (réalisateur). Réalisateur/trice, Ecrivain/ne, Producteur/trice, Scénariste, France, Guinée, Sénégal, Viet Nam". africultures.com (in French). Africultures, Les mondes en relation. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  4. ^ "Mama Keïta, Édition en ligne / Online edition 18.09 - 23.09 2023". ouagafilmlab.net. Ouaga Film lab. 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  5. ^ "Mamadou Keïta Réalisateur/trice Réalisateur guinéen". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  6. ^ a b c "Mama Keïta Director Biography Senegal". africanfilmny.org. New York: African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF). Retrieved 25 October 2023. Mama Keïta was born in Dakar, Senegal, to a Vietnamese mother and a Guinean father. He studied law at the University of Paris I. He has directed and produced a documentary and several long feature films, including 2009's award-winning film The Absence / L'Absence.
  7. ^ "David Achkar Réalisateur/trice, Scénariste, Guinée". africultures.com (in French). Africultures, Les mondes en relation. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  8. ^ Angelo, Anaïs (December 2014). "L'Absence by Mama Keita. Review". African Studies Review. 57 (3). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 251–252. JSTOR 26410104.
  9. ^ Compilation of 10 shorts Afrique vue par… (L’) presented at the 2ème Festival panafricain d'Alger 1969 (PANAF, Algeria).
  10. ^ "1996 49th Locarno Film Festival". locarnofestival.ch. Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-10-25.

Videos

  • "L'absence" MamaKeita LM (Guinea) 2008 on YouTube. Video duration 2m 02 s. Uploader MostraCinemaAfrica09, 2009. Feature film "L'absence" by MamaKeita (Guinea) 2008 Award for best screenplay Fespaco 2009 - Programmed at the 14th Mostra de Cinema Africà in Barcelona from November 6 to 12, 2009.
  • Mama Keita on YouTube. Video duration 6 m 01s. Uploader KINA TV, 2013. Keïta explains his cinematic vision. French spoken.
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