Switzerland / 2012 / 90mins / Documentary / French

“I therefore want to speak in the name of all abandoned people because I am a man and nothing of what is human is foreign to me”. Cupelin's film is a portrait composed of archival footage of Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso between 1983 and his murder in 1987. Ready to liberate his country and transform the mentalities of his fellow citizens, contesting the world's political order and challenging the powers of his time, Sankara stands out strongly in the history both of Africa and of the world.

Christophe Cupelin

Christophe Cupelin was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1966 and shot his first cinematic images on a Super 8 camera in Burkina Faso in 1985. He graduated from the Graduate School of Visual Art in Geneva in 1993, and became the co-founder of Laïka Films in 1993. Cupelin was head of the Sputnik Cinema in Geneva from 1991 to 1994. Learn More