Burkina Faso / 1991 / 90mins / Drama / Bambara

Laada is a richly textured film about contemporary African youth torn between traditional village ways and the promise of an urban future. Three young people, Do, Demba and Sina, wonder about their futures and that of their village.

Drissa Touré

Drissa Touré was born in Banfora, Burkina Faso, in 1952. Although Touré studied film technique at ATRIA in Paris, he is largely a self-taught filmmaker. He directed several short films, including Nasabule, which powerfully depicts the disruption of rural life by “modern improvements.” Laada, his first feature film, premiered at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival to great critical acclaim and garnered the 1991 Ercidan Prize at FESPACO in Ouagadougou. Learn More