Mama Keïta
Native name
Mama Keïta
Born6 August 1956
Dakar, Senegal
OccupationFilm director, screen writer and film producer
NationalityGuinean and French
CitizenshipGuinean and French
Educationlaw study at Université de Paris-I
Notable worksRagazzi (1991), Le onzième commandement (1998), L'Absence (2009)

Mama Keïta (also Mama Kéïta and Mama Keita, born in 1956) is a Guinean screen writer, film director, and film producer. After studying law at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, he started out as a screen writer, but in 1981 turned to directing short films and in 1991 his first feature film Ragazzi.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Filmography

Keïta's films include:[1][2][3][6]

YearFilmGenreRoleDuration (min)
1981Le CafardShortFilm director
1982L'OrientalShortFilm director
1985Opus 1ShortFilm director
1988WapsShortFilm director
1991RagazziRomantic comedy featureFilm director, screen writer, co-producer85 m
19931993 Nuit blancheShortFilm director
1996Choisis-toi un ami...Drama fiction featureFilm director90 m
1997Le Onzième Commandement
(11ème commandement, Le)		Fiction featureFilm director, screen writer80 m
1998David Achkar, Une Étoile filante[7]Portrait documentaryFilm director21 m
2003Le FleuveComedy featureFilm director90 m
2004Le TransfertShortFilm director
2004Sur la route du fleuveDocumentaryFilm director52 m
2007Le sourire du serpentThriller featureFilm director, screen writer90 m
2009L'Absence[8]Drama featureFilm director, screen writer, producer84 m
2009One More Vote for ObamaDrama shortDirector14 m
2009One More Vote for Obama,
part of Afrique vue par… (L’)[3][9]		Drama short compilationDirector100 m in total
2011Le Bonheur d'Elza
by Mariette Monpierre		Drama featureScreen writer, co-producer79 m
2019A des Miles du paradisDocumentary feature,
portrait of Miles Davis		Film director, screen writer, producer100 m

Awards

Keïta's films won the following distinctions:[2][6]

FilmFestivalAward
Choisis-toi un ami... , 199649th Locarno Film Festival 1996CICAE Jury Prize[10]
Le Fleuve, 2002Festival Paris Cinéma 2003Prix de la Presse
L’Absence, 2009FESPACO 2009 (Burkina Faso)Best Screenplay

References

  1. 1 2 Armes, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
  2. 1 2 3 Mama Keïta at IMDb. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mama Keïta (réalisateur). Réalisateur/trice, Ecrivain/ne, Producteur/trice, Scénariste, France, Guinée, Sénégal, Viet Nam". africultures.com (in French). Africultures, Les mondes en relation. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  4. ↑ "Mama Keïta, Édition en ligne / Online edition 18.09 - 23.09 2023". ouagafilmlab.net. Ouaga Film lab. 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  5. ↑ "Mamadou Keïta Réalisateur/trice Réalisateur guinéen". africine.org (in French). Fédération africaine de la critique cinématographique (FACC). 2020. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  6. 1 2 3 "Mama Keïta Director Biography Senegal". africanfilmny.org. New York: African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF). Retrieved 25 October 2023. Mama Keïta was born in Dakar, Senegal, to a Vietnamese mother and a Guinean father. He studied law at the University of Paris I. He has directed and produced a documentary and several long feature films, including 2009's award-winning film The Absence / L'Absence.
  7. ↑ "David Achkar Réalisateur/trice, Scénariste, Guinée". africultures.com (in French). Africultures, Les mondes en relation. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  8. ↑ Angelo, Anaïs (December 2014). "L'Absence by Mama Keita. Review". African Studies Review. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 57 (3): 251–252. JSTOR 26410104.
  9. ↑ Compilation of 10 shorts Afrique vue par… (L’) presented at the 2ème Festival panafricain d'Alger 1969 (PANAF, Algeria).
  10. ↑ "1996 49th Locarno Film Festival". locarnofestival.ch. Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-10-25.

Videos

  • "L'absence" MamaKeita LM (Guinea) 2008 on YouTube. Video duration 2m 02 s. Uploader MostraCinemaAfrica09, 2009. Feature film "L'absence" by MamaKeita (Guinea) 2008 Award for best screenplay Fespaco 2009 - Programmed at the 14th Mostra de Cinema Africà in Barcelona from November 6 to 12, 2009.
  • Mama Keita on YouTube. Video duration 6 m 01s. Uploader KINA TV, 2013. Keïta explains his cinematic vision. French spoken.
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