August 15, 3pm, 2021 Captain Thomas Sankara (2012)
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August 15, 3pm, 2021
Captain Thomas Sankara, 2012 ? 1h 41m
LANGUAGE French with English subtitles
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A portrait composed of archives of Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso between 1983 and his murder in 1987. Ready to liberate his country and transform the mentalities of his fellow citizens, contesting the world’s political order and challenging the powers of his time, Sankara stands out strongly in the history both of Africa and of the world.
“He is the absolute hero: even more than Nelson Mandela, Thomas Sankara remains an icon in the eyes of many Africans. This young officer, idealistic and charismatic, seized power by force in 1983, at the age of 34, in a country which was then called Upper Volta and which he renamed Burkina Faso: “the country of upright men”. The story ends badly and the atypical Sankara is assassinated on October 15, 1987, victim of a coup d’état instigated by his best friend and brother in arms, Blaise Compaoré.
– Maria Malagardis, Liberation