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The role of women in film production on the continent widely welcomed at the 22nd Ecrans Noirs film festival in Cameroon.
Rich and diverse, their productions break the barriers and as a thunderclap, their voices sound beyond African borders. The example of Matamba Kombila's Gabonese series
In this feature film, the director is mainly interested in the challenges that people with disabilities face every day in society, especially the deaf. Through this film, she hopes to change the often mistaken perception of some people, but also to demonstrate the potential of these disabled people.
"So we conducted film workshops at the National School of Hearing Impaired Children in Libreville. gabon the goal was to teach the children the basic techniques of cinema so that we could achieve a project together and so we went on a short film that we had to do with the students and in fact by talking with them while learning to know them by discovering the deaf world that I did not know at all and by sharing their experiences it really inspired me to write stories to tell the world to the Gabonese public how they live but also to show that they are people who are like everyone else often there is a perception around people who are hearing impaired who are dumb or who are blind who do not I did not have any intellectual abilities and so this project was to really show that deaf children are like all other children and have the same aspirations, the same desires and have more problems because they are often rejected "explains Matamba Kombila, film director
However, women in the African film industry face different challenges. For example, the MeToo campaign launched in the United States in September 2017 is a well-known scenario here and some claim to have been directly confronted.
According to them, this has in a certain way had a negative impact on their work. [19659003] "We are not going to say problem because it's very subtle because everything that is related to the relationship between man and woman in the field of work and always very subtle, it is felt that it is not things that are clearly expressed, "says Matamba Kombila, director.
She is not only a director, but also a screenwriter and actress. Liesbeth Mabiala of the Republic of the Congo, said to have been harassed several times in her different professional circles.
"Yes I have experienced this so much that I am going to say, it will be redundant, it is my experience actually in reality and I'm also living I'm living it in the film industry and I've spent my time resigning because I've been sexually harassed in the workplace and it's also catching up with me in the cinema where I decided to go for it, but I just know one thing is that I do not let myself be done I am a woman of character and it is not obvious how I am and I do not know is not clear that I would sell myself to win a job or money for a project or for anything it's not about to happen "reports Liesbeth Mabiala, director.
Gender Equality is the goal that these directors and movie producers want to achieve with their work. To create more level playing field that will eliminate harmful sexist stereotypes in the industry. And will promote a community of women filmmakers, strong in Africa.
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