Movie: The President

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Gérard Essomba
Gérard Essomba

The President

Valery Ndongo
Valery Ndongo

Joe Wood'Ou

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    Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bekolo's newest work uses split-screens (at times, up to four images simultaneously) to present a fake documentary in which "the president" has disappeared; talk-show hosts, rivals, politicians and even rappers chime in on what may have occurred, and what their president for life has—or has not—done for Cameroon.

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    2013-10-09

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    Français
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