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As part of our Restitution in Motion season on The Cinema of Ideas, we were joined by Dr Aboubakar Sanogo, Associate Professor in Film Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, to discuss his recent trip to FESPACO in Burkina Faso, his work with the African Film Heritage Project, the distribution of African films on the continent, and more.

Read more about the season here: cinemaofideas.org.uk/events/restitution-in-motion

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Aboubakar Sanogo is an associate professor in film studies at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is currently writing on the history of documentary in Africa and the cinema of Med Hondo. He was instrumental in establishing the African Film Heritage Project (AFHP), a partnership among the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI), The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, UNESCO, and the Cineteca di Bologna to preserve and restore African films of historical, cultural and artistic significance.

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