Pan African Film Festival Begins in Burkina Faso

Author:
VOA News
Publisher:
Voice of America
Publication Date:
15 October 2021
Tags:
Africa, Arts, Culture and Entertainment

The Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) returns to Burkina Faso on Saturday after being canceled last year due to the pandemic. One Burkinabe director, who has made a film documenting a nursery for the infants of sex workers, talks about the importance of telling African stories through cinema.

Henry Wilkins reports from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Camera: Henry Wilkins

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