CROWD-FUNDING APPEAL
“Yaya Coulibaly – Puppeteer and Magician”
Acrobates Films have launched a crowd-funding appeal to help meet the costs of producing a DVD of their film footage recording the work of Malian puppeteer YAYA COULIBALY.
The website and dialogue is in French. The following is an impromptu translation from the French on the website.
“Yaya Coulibaly is an overlooked but wonderful prince. His universe is totally dedicated to puppets. His house is inhabited, has been invaded even, by thousands of puppets of all sizes and all types. His street is a rehearsal space where his troupe gives almost daily performances, simply and with boundless energy. Acrobates Films have been working on this project for a long time and, for various reasons, it's ready to be seen by the world much later than we could have dreamed! But now we have the opportunity to let it be seen as widely and as quickly as possible by presenting it on DVD. It’s time to share this adventure.
We hope to continue to witness and record the culture, wealth and beauty in other countries of the wider world and make these fragile worlds where the most dazzling poetry rubs up against the greatest difficulties.”
http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/fr/projects/mali-yaya-coulibaly-marionnettiste-et-magicien
This page includes the appeal, Yaya Coulibaly himself, plus film clips of puppetry in Sicily, Burkina Faso, Togo and Poland.
MALI, Yaya Coulibaly Marionnettiste et magicien
www.kisskissbankbank.com
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