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The Great White Man of Lambaréné (Le grand blanc de Lambaréné) is a 1995 biopic of Albert Schweitzer by the Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek Ba Kobhio. The film, made on the site of Schweitzer's hospital at Lambaréné on the Ogooué River in Gabon, has received critical attention as a post-colonial re-interrogation of the myth of Schweitzer.
Apr 12, 1995 · Le grand blanc de Lambaréné est un film réalisé par Bassek Ba Kobhio avec Anne-Marie Pisani, André Wilms. Synopsis : Le célèbre docteur Schweitzer, vu par un enfant d'abord admiratif puis...
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- min | Drame
- Bassek Ba Kobhio
- 1995-04-12
Le grand blanc de Lambaréné: Directed by Bassek Ba Kobhio. With André Wilms, Marisa Berenson, Alex Descas, Elizabeth Bourgine. Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek ba Kobhio provides a fascinating revisionist perspective on Albert Schweitzer, Noble Peace Prize winner and secular saint of the colonial era.
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- Biography, Drama
- Bassek Ba Kobhio
- 1995-04-26
Schweitzer's aloofness from African society ultimately renders him irrelevant to the new world that is growing up around him. The film is shot on location in Gabon at the site of Schweitzer's hospital, and is characterized by an attentiveness to period accuracy.
Le Grand blanc de Lambaréné (1995) (Translated as The Great White Man of Lambaréné) is Cameroonian filmmaker Bassek Ba-Kobhios second film. It was shot on the site of Dr. Albert Schweitzer's hospital, in the town of Lambaréné, on the Bank of the Ogoué River, in Gabon, Central Africa. The film, which casts a
Le grand blanc de lambaréné, un film de Bassek Ba Kobhio | Synopsis : Le célèbre docteur Schweitzer, vu par un enfant d'abord admiratif puis critique et, à travers lui, par le peuple africain.
Apr 26, 1995 · Original Title Le Grand Blanc de Lambaréné. Status Released Original Language French. Budget-Revenue-Keywords. africa; independence; racial tension; colonialism; racial prejudice; humanitarian; cameroon
