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This 3 page report discusses the 1988 movie Zan Boko. Director and writer Gaston Kaboré explores the impact of modern society on the lives and development of a traditional African people and their lifestyle. He also considers the ways in which an agrarian, subsistence society is forced into becoming an industrialized, commodity economy and an oral culture into a mass media culture. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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was born in 1952 in Bobo Dioulasso, Upper Volta which is now known as Burkina Faso. Information found at the Internet Movie Database explains that Kabor? was originally a history
student and earned an advanced degree in the subject. In the process of his studies: "... he became: "... interested in how Africa was portrayed abroad, which then led him,
in 1974, to study cinematography at the Ecole Superieure dEtudes Cinematographiques" (Internet source). Biographic information on Kabor? also makes note of his belief that film could serve as an effective
medium through which African culture can be presented and explained (Internet source). His film careers has involved the production of documentaries and feature films. He has received a great measure
of acclaim for his ability to translate: "... African oral tradition to the screen" (Internet source). Zan Boko Zan Boko was the second feature film produced by Kabor?. It tells
a story that has been popular in African film, literature, and drama of the past few decades. Like the writing of Chinua Achebe and the stage productions of Athol Fugard,
Kabor? offers audiences around the world the opportunity to see what happens when modernity comes up against tradition. It causes the audience to consider what defines "progress" and what is
sacrificed in the name of progress. Kabor? has been criticized for his "heavy handed" approach but one should keep in mind that "heavy handed" is also an accurate description of
how the modern world has usurped the traditional societies of Africa. Such displacement of traditional lifestyles has been nearly as "heavy handed" in postcolonial times as it was during the
reign of the European empires. The basics of the story revolve around the citys encroachment on the rural realm of the village. More
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