N'Diagne Adechoubou
Beninese film director and producer (born 1959)
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N'Diagne Adechoubou (born November 7, 1959) is a Beninese film director and producer.[1]
N'Diagne Adechoubou | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 7, 1959 |
| Citizenship | Beninese |
| Occupations | Film Director and Producer |
Life
N'Diagne Adechoubou was born on 7 November 1959. He is manager of Akangbe Productions, established in 1992.[2]
In the 1980s Adechoubou travelled to Cuba to film a documentary about the Afro-Cuban painter Manuel Mendive, tracing the elements of Yoruba culture which had travelled to Cuba with African slaves.[3] His documentary on the Autonomous Port of Cotonou, produced in France in the early 1990s,[4] emphasised the port's dynamism.[1]
Adechoubou has worked as producer and cinematographer on several films directed by the Congolese filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda. He was producer for Afro@Digital, a documentary exploring how digital technologies are being used in Africa.[5]
Filmography
- As director
- Le Pont-Neuf en scene. Documentary.
- Psychose d’amour et de guerre [Psychosis of love and war]. Documentary.
- Manuel Mendive ou l'esprit pictural yoruba [Manuel Mendive or the Yoruba pictorial spirit]. Short documentary, 1987.
- Port Autonome de Cotonou [Autonomous Port of Cotonou]. Medium-length documentary, 1993.
- Zinsou, le grand témoin [Zinsou, the great witness]. Feature-length documentary, 2013.
- As producer
- Watt. Short film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 1999.
- Article 15 bis. Short film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2000.
- Afro@Digital. Medium-length documentary directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2002.
- Juju Factory. Feature-length film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, 2005.
