Pierre Haffner Explained

Pierre Haffner (1943-2000) was a French film critic, "one of the first French critics to seriously study African film".[1]

Life

Pierre Haffner was born in Mulhouse.[2] In the 1970s he lived in Zaire, becoming an expert in the cinema of Zaire. In November 1977 he interviewed his friend Ousmane Sembène in Kinshasa.[3]

He died of cancer on 12 November 2000.[2]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Olivier Barlet. Contemporary African Cinema. 2016. MSU Press. 978-1-62895-270-4. 128.
  2. 'Pierre Haffner', Notre Librarie: Revue des literatures du Sud (Cinemas d'Afrique), 2002.
  3. Book: Haffner, Pierre. Ousmane Sembène: Interviews. 2008. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 978-1-934110-86-7. 82–. Sembène Ousmane in Kinshasa.