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Captain Thomas Sankara

Name: Captain Thomas Sankara
Released: 2014

Capitaine Thomas Sankara

2014

Assembled from archival footage, this documentary portrait follows Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary president of Burkina Faso from 1983 until his assassination in 1987, and his radical bid to transform his country and challenge the global order.

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Part of 3 Movies Set in or About Burkina Faso

This film is stop 1 of 3 in the hand-ranked outside-view route set in or about Burkina Faso. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

This outside view can stamp Burkina Faso in the 196 country film challenge.