KATANGA - THE DANCE OF THE SCORPIONS
Dani Kouyate
2024, Burkina Faso, 113min
Feature film, black and white, Mooré with English subtitles
FRIDAY 07. NOVEMBER 2025 | 20H
MOVIE 2 | MOVIEMENTO
After a failed plot against his crown, King Pazouknaam appoints his cousin Katanga as the head of the army. Aware of the heavy responsibility, Katanga consults a soothsayer for guidance in fulfilling his mission. The soothsayer, reading the sand, reveals that Katanga should be king in place of his cousin. From that moment, Katanga succumbs to the vices of evil to secure his power. With KATANGA, LA DANSE DES SCORPIONS, Dani Kouyaté reimagines Shakespeare’s Macbeth as a universal political tale set in Africa.
Dani Kouyaté is a Burkinabè filmmaker, born on June 4, 1961, in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. He studied cinema at the African Institute of Cinematographic Studies in Ouagadougou, and later in Paris, France. After living in France for several years, he moved to Sweden in 2007, where he teaches film, theater, and anthropology. He is best known for his films Keïta ! L’Héritage du griot and Sia, le rêve du python. In 2025, he won the Golden Stallion at FESPACO with his film Katanga, la danse des scorpions.
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