00:00He was a driving force in Cameroonian cinema.
00:04Bacek Bacobio has now died at the age of 69.
00:08Even before his career as a filmmaker, he was articulating his vision of the world,
00:13publishing a series of politically engaged books.
00:16First Les Oquis d'Aborde in 1984, and then Cameroon, La fin du Marquis in 1986.
00:23The works expressed his values and what he stood for.
00:27Five years later, Le Maître du Quentin was released,
00:30which tells the story of a rural schoolteacher who resists the established order.
00:35It would go on to win the Audience Award at the Milan African Film Festival.
00:40Three other films came in a 27-year period that followed.
00:44But during that time, Cobio was also working hard off set.
00:49With limited resources, he ran the Icon Noir Film Festival based in Yaoundé,
00:53seeking to champion and put African cinema into the spotlight.
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