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The Draughtsmen Clash
The Draughtsmen Clash (Le Damier – Papa national oyé!) is a 1996 film directed by Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Synopsis.
The Draughtsmen Clash is a wicked political satire about African dictators. It tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond who claims to be the all-round champion. However, the rules of the game entail the opponents howling vulgar and foul obscenities
Dix mille ans de cinéma", and in 1993 released a second documentary on Thomas Sankara.
His first fiction film was " Le Damier – Papa national oyé!" (The Draughtsmen Clash) made in 1996.
He was a member of the board of short films at CNC in France from 1999 to 2001.
Balufu was a member of the Input 2000 (International Public Television) in Cape Town, South Africa and a member of CreaTV, Unesco's program for televisions in the South between 2000 and 2003