metapixel
Logo

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Is the Beating Heart of African Arthouse Cinema. Can It Survive the Insurgency?

Shakespeare in Africa

Burkina Faso has, for the past 50 years, been a creative hub for cinephiles and the auteurs who create some of Africa's best arthouse films. Now, as a decade-long insurgency has upended the nation and threatens to undermine its film industry, directors are confronting those challenges — logistically and thematically — in their work.