Filmmaker from the Central African Republic.

She is sometimes credited as
Léonie ZOE
Léonie ZOWE
Léonie YANGBA ZOWE
Léonie ZOWE YANGBA

Léonie YANGBA-ZOWE is a Film director, screenwriter, producer and academic.

She is known for "Lengue" (1985, Director, Screenwriter, Producer), "Nzale" (1985, Director, Screenwriter, Producer), "Yangba bolo" (1985, Director, Screenwriter, Producer).

Léonie Yangba-Zowe was born in 1948 in Ouassalegue Quango (Central African Republic).
She has studied in France (EPHE, Paris), writing a thesis on the Nigerien filmmaker Oumarou Ganda.
Her super 8 films, made with support from the French Ministry of Cooperation, document Central African Republic dances and rituals.
Two of her documentaries were shown at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival in 1989.



FILMOGRAPHY / FILMOGRAPHIE

(1987) Paroles de sages
Documentary / Documentaire | RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE, 26 mins

(1985) Lengue
Documentary / Documentaire | RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE, 10 mins, Musical, color, 16 mm
Danse profane, commune à plusieurs ethnies riveraines du Chari, notamment yacoba et sango, exécutée par des jeunes filles.

(1985) Nzalé (Nzale)
Documentary / Documentaire, RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE, 32 mins, Musical, color, 16 mm
Le groupe folklorique Nzalé, fondé en 1979 à Bangui, reprend une danse traditionnelle appelée M'Baka M'Bokou qui signifie force et...

(1985) Yangba bolo
Documentary / Documentaire, RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE, 21 mins, Musical, color, 16 mm


Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- "Les cinémas d'Afrique" - Dictionnaire, 2000, Éd. Karthala, page 493.
- https://filmsdefemmes.com/
- www.imdb.com/name/nm2672115/
- https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb170478941
- https://ifcinema.institutfrancais.com/fr/search?q_text=Léonie%20Yangba%20zowe
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léonie_Yangba_Zowe?oldid=1127427562
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léonie_Yangba_Zowe
Updated by Thierno DIA, 17 June 2023