Jean-Marie Teno, Africa’s preeminent documentary filmmaker, has been producing and directing films on the colonial and post-colonial history of Africa for over twenty years. Teno’s films have been honored at festivals worldwide: Berlin, Toronto, Yamagata, Cinema du Réel, Visions du Réel, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Liepzig, Munich, Bilbao, Clermont-Ferrand, San Francisco, London and many more. His films have been broadcast in Europe and featured in festivals across the United States. Teno has been a guest of the Flaherty Seminar, an artist in residence at the Pacific Film Archive of the University of California, Berkeley, a Copeland Fellow in Amherst College in 2007-2008 and has lectured at numerous universities.
Some titles:
Sacred Places (2009)
The Colonial Misunderstanding (2005)
Alex’s Wedding (2002)
A Trip to the Country (2000)
Chief! (1999)
Clandestine (1996)
Head in the Clouds (1994)
Afrique, je te plumerai… (1992)
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