Alidou Badini is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso who has worked on many films and TV productions. He co-directed the widely discussed , which documents the realities of free trade.
Career Badini has been cameraman or assistant director on various films for the cinema and TV, starting with Keïta! l'Héritage du griot (1994) directed by Dani Kouyaté. His short film Fleurs d'épines (Flowers of thorns) was nominated for a prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou in 2001.
Badini was co-director of , which explores the trade in shea butter made from the nuts of the shea tree, a source of cash to subsistence farmers in Burkina Faso. The almonds and the butter extracted from the nuts are used in cooking and body care. Although attempts have been made to apply "fair trade" principles, the film questions whether the villagers can in practice escape the implacable force of the market. was shown at the Amiens International Film Festival. The film received the Jury Grand Prize at the International Environmental Film Festival of Niamey. It has been used as the basis for discussions by groups who support fair trade.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1994 Keïta! l'Héritage du griot (Keita's griot heritage) Assistant Director Dani Kouyaté. Fiction. 90 minutes 1995 Les enfants du soleil (Children of the Sun) Assistant Director Issiaka Konate . 26 minutes fiction1995 Mare d'Ourcy, Merveille du Burkina (Mare Ourcy, Burkina Wonder) Assistant Director TV by Lacina Ouedraogo, 15min Documentary, 1995 Protection du cours d'eau du Mouhoun (Protection of the Black Volta river) Assistant Director TV of Lacina Ouedraogo, 26 min documentary, 1995 Yaango, l'émigratio (Yaango, emigration) Assistant Director TV of Adama Roamba, Fiction 26 minutes1995 Voyage à Ouaga (Journey to Ouaga)' Assistant Director Camille Mouyéké. Fiction, 15 min. 1995 Si longue que soit la nuit (However long the night is) Assistant Director Guy Désiré Yaméogo Fiction 24 minutes 1998 Faire face (Coping) Assistant DirectorTV Guy Désiré Yameogo, Fiction 26 minutes1999 Boutons la polio Camera Director: Issiaka Ouedraogo, Fiction 26 minutes 2000 Le poisson Camera Director: Sénéfa Coulibaly, Documentary, 26 minutes2000 Le gingembre Camera Director: Arsène Kafando, Documentary, 15 minutes 2001 INA Camera Director: Issa Traore de Brahima, Fiction 26 minutes2001 Fleurs d'épines (Flowers of thorns) Director Fiction 26 minutes, Official selection in competition at FESPACO in Ouagadougou in February 2001. Sahelis Productions 2002 Source d'histoires (Source of stories) Assistant Director Adama Roamba, Fiction 26 minutes 2004 Wande Camera Director: Rédo Porgo, Documentary, 26 minutes2004 Le nouveau royaume d’Abou Camera Series of 20 episodes2004 Rencontre en Ligne (Online Dating) Assistant DirectorAdama Roamba, Fiction, 15 minutes2005 Du venin dans la soupe (Venom in the soup) Sahelis Productions Special mention at International Environmental Film Festival of Niamey.2007 (Butter and Butter Money) Co-director With Philippe Baqué. Sahelis Productions
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