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Burkina Faso

  • Yesterday, 15 Oct 2018, was the 31st anniversary of Thomas Sankara’s assassination.

    by Mitko October 16, 2018
    October 16, 2018

    The memory of Thomas Sankara remains alive throughout the world. His sacrifice for the emancipation and dignity of the people of Burkina Faso will not be in vain. Our films …

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  • We are always so excited to bring our films to Palestine, for a screening in the West Bank

    by Mitko September 19, 2018
    September 19, 2018

    The Freedom Theater in the Jenin Refugee Camp screened our film Burkinabè Rising: the art of resistance in Burkina Faso yesterday! http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org [Photo credit: Iara Lee.]  

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  • Bambini new Deserto & Cinema du Desert plant trees in Burkina Faso!

    by Mitko September 10, 2018
    September 10, 2018

    We are excited to continue supporting Bambini new Deserto & Cinema du Desert, organizations that combine agroecology and cinema!! Recently, the organizations planted trees in Burkina Faso, in the Nagreongo …

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  • Delighted to bring BURKINABÈ RISING to UKRAINE/KIEV.

    by Mitko August 16, 2018
    August 16, 2018

    UKRAINE: I love doing cross-cultural work: get my SLAVIC friends to learn about AFRICA and get my AFRICAN friends to learn about SLAVIC culture. Come see our film and learn …

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  • Bringing our film Burkinabè Rising:  The art of resistance in Burkina Faso to TUNISIA this week!!

    by Mitko August 16, 2018
    August 16, 2018

    Honored to be a par to the Federation Tunisienne des Cinéastes Amateurs this Friday, 17 August 2018 invite your friends! 🙂 http://ftca.tn/ [Photo courtesy of Cultures of Resistance and FIFAK.]

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  • UKRAINE: I love doing cross-cultural work: get my SLAVIC friends to learn about AFRICA and get my AFRICAN friends to learn about SLAVIC culture.

    by Mitko August 15, 2018
    August 15, 2018

    Delighted to bring BURKINABÈ RISING to UKRAINE/KIEV. Come see our film and learn about the revolutionary spirit of positive change in BURKINA FASO, a landlocked country in WEST AFRICA that …

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  • Power to the people of BURKINA FASO!

    by Mitko July 7, 2018
    July 7, 2018

    Wow wow, our BURKINABÈ RISING received BEST DOCUMENTARY award in ITALY’s Ischia Fest, that projects films up at the castle: Castello Aragonese. Soooo special venue to see films and feel …

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  • BURKINA FASO

    by Mitko June 11, 2018
    June 11, 2018

    Help build he CINE GUIMBI in Bobo-Dioulasso. Population is anxious to see this project come to fruition and we invite friends to pitch in to make it happen! https://www.facebook.com/cine.guimbi/videos/1813746475587109/ Pour …

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  • We were so lucky to participate in the MAAILMA KYLÄSSÄ / WORLD VILLAGE FESTIVAL in Helsinki last month!!

    by Mitko June 5, 2018
    June 5, 2018

    This super cool festival celebrates cultures from all over the world, and we were proud to showcase BURKINABÈ culture at a showing of our film Burkinabè Rising: the art of …

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  • Excited to be in the amazing, multi-cultural, melting pot of SURINAME!!

    by Mitko May 22, 2018
    May 22, 2018

    Friends in PARAMARIBO, make sure you come to the screening of “Burkinabè Rising” this Saturday!! RUTU 9 June, 8 PM Verlengde Gemenelandsweg 123 Paramaribo, Suriname https://www.facebook.com/events/372605466592545/ [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

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Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action!

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Iara LeeIara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! Read more here.

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