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Thomas Sankara

Born 1949-12-21 Bat Yam, Israel 6 films

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (Yako, December 21, 1949 – Ouagadougou, October 15, 1987) was a military officer, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist, and political leader of Burkina Faso. He was a popular captain and the Prime Minister when the country was still called the Republic of Upper Volta. Shortly thereafter, he became the fifth Voltan president since the liberation from French rule and the first president of Burkina Faso.

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Filmography

6 films

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A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so p…

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Laissez-faire

★ 10.0 2015

Based on powerful archival material documenting the most daring moments in the struggle for liberat…

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Concerning Violence

★ 7.0 2014

Sankara ... And That Day They Killed Happiness poster

In this documentary by a veteran Italian journalist Silvestro Montanaro some of the conspirators be…

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Sankara ... And That Day They Killed Happiness

★ 8.0 2013

A portrait composed of archives of Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso between 1983 and his m…

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Capitaine Thomas Sankara

★ 7.8 2012

Thomas Sankara, former president of Burkina Faso, was known as "the African Che", and became famous…

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Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man

★ 8.4 2006

Captain Thomas Sankara was the leader of the Burkinabe Revolution. This film is a biographical prof…

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Thomas Sankara

★ 6.0 1991