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Bokassa the First, Emperor of Françafrique
( Bokassa 1er empereur de Françafrique )
Emmanuel Blanchard
2011 - 52 min - HDV - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - France
Author-Director : Emmanuel Blanchard
Photography : Thomas Sady, Georges de Genevraye, Sylvain Grolleau, Magali Roucaut
Editing : Cécile Coolen
Original Music : Marc Tomasi
Delegate Producer : Program 33
Co-producer : ECPAD (Ets de Com. et de Prod. AV de la Défense)
Broadcasting Co-producer : Planète
Contribution : CNC. COSIP
( Bokassa 1er empereur de Françafrique )
Emmanuel Blanchard
2011 - 52 min - HDV - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - France
On 4th December 1977, the dictator Jean-Bedel Bokassa, proclaimed himself the Emperor of the Central African Republic, a small country with just 2 million inhabitants. For this special occasion he staged a pseudo-coronation complete with laurel wreath and ermine stole that harked back to the Napoleonic era, albeit with a tropical twist.
For those who witnessed the event, the sacrament of Bokassa the First was both a grandiose masquerade and an act of luxurious debauchery in one of the poorest countries in the world.
Author-Director : Emmanuel Blanchard
Photography : Thomas Sady, Georges de Genevraye, Sylvain Grolleau, Magali Roucaut
Editing : Cécile Coolen
Original Music : Marc Tomasi
Delegate Producer : Program 33
Co-producer : ECPAD (Ets de Com. et de Prod. AV de la Défense)
Broadcasting Co-producer : Planète
Contribution : CNC. COSIP