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Issa le Tisserand

1985 Burkinabé film

Issa le Tisserand (in English: Issa the weaver) is a 1985 Burkinabé film directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. The film was awarded as the best documentary at the ninth Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).[1][2]

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Synopsis

Issa is a traditional weaver in Burkina Faso who loves his trade. However, so as not to lose his clientele and continue making enough to keep his wife, Issa finds himself forced to sell Western clothes. He buys a mask and ready-to-wear clothing and proceeds to make a fortune.[3]

Shot in 1984, a year after Thomas Sankara’s rise to power, the film illustrates the Chief of State’s motto: "Let’s use products from Burkina Faso!" and portraits the disappearance of indigenous craft due to westernization.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Film card: Issa Le Tisserand". Torino Film Fest. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. [2]
    VIEYRA, Paulin Soumanou (1987). "Fespaco 87". Présence Africaine. 143 (3): 190–194. doi:10.3917/presa.143.0190. ISSN 0032-7638. JSTOR 24351538.
  3. [3]
    Issa the Weaver, retrieved 2021-06-25
  4. [4]
    Pfaff, Francoise (1992). "Five West African Filmmakers on Their Films". Issue: A Journal of Opinion. 20 (2): 31–37. doi:10.2307/1166989. JSTOR 1166989.


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