La Princesse Yennega (1986)
- Directed by
- Claude Le Gallou, Blaise Patrix
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- Burkina Faso, France
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short animated film tells the legend of Princess Yennega, a royal figure from West African history. It adapts a traditional tale about her life as the founder of the Mossi kingdom. The story uses cut-paper animation to show her journey.
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What happens
La Princesse Yennega est un court métrage d'animation belgo-burkinabè réalisé par Claude Le Gallou et Blaise Patrix en 1986. Il s'agit d'une adaptation d'un conte de Bila Kaboré, lui-même relatant une partie de la légende de Yennega, princesse légendaire de Dagomba et fondatrice du royaume Mossi, qui aurait vécu entre le XIe et le XVe siècles. Le film utilise la technique du papier découpé. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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