Thomas Sankara
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.
Concerning Violence
as Self - President of Burkina Faso (archive footage)Concerning Violence is based on newly discovered, powerful archival material documenting the...
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Laissez-faire
as Self (archive footage)A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today...
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Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man
as Self (archive footage)Thomas Sankara, former president of Burkina Faso, was known as "the African Che", and became...
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Capitaine Thomas Sankara
as Self (archive footage)A portrait composed of archives of Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso between 1983 and...
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Thomas Sankara
as uncreditedCaptain Thomas Sankara was the leader of the Burkinabe Revolution. This film is a biographical...
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Sankara ... And That Day They Killed Happiness
as uncreditedIn this documentary by a veteran Italian journalist Silvestro Montanaro some of the conspirators...
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