Gaston Kaboré’s movie «Zan Boko explores the conflict between tradition and modernity with a family in a rural contexr. It has been for long time a central theme in many African films. Kaboré tells the poignant story of a village family swept up in the current tide of urbanization. In doing so, «Zan Boko» expertly reveals the transformation of an agrarian, subsistence society into an industrialized commodity economy.
Director: Gaston Kaboré.
Writer: Gaston Kaboré.
Stars: Mathias Bayili, Colette Kaboré, Joseph Nikiema, Gady Pafadnam, Simone Tapsoba, Hippolyte Wangrawa.
Cinematographers: Sékou Ouedraogo, Issaka Thiombiano.
Composers: Don Cherry, Henri Guédon.
What a wonderful movies, It still reflects on what is still happening in most African countries today.
A microcosm on the pretexts used to justify selfish ends in the name of modernity: Who gets to turn the wheels of progress and who gets crushed beneath the wheel. Zan Boko is an affecting film that deserves an international viewership.