FESPACO 2013 - Sardonic Angolan Drama 'The Great Kilapy' (Con Man Becomes National Hero)

From Shadow and Act Tue Jan 29 2013, 16:33:53

A new year of film festivals has officially launched with the grand-daddy of them all (here in the USA anyway) the Sundance Film Festival, wrapping up its 2013 event over the weekend. In February, however, in addition to the Pan African Film Festival that takes place in Los Angeles, CA, here in the USA, there will also be the Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), happening in Burkina Faso, West Africa - a festival that occurs only once every two years. The twenty third (23rd) edition of the Pan-African Film & TV Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) will take place from February 23 to March 2, 2013 with...

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