James Campbell

James Campbell

Born: January 1, 1932
Died: April 7, 2010
in Dakar, Senegal
James Campbell was a Senegalese actor and composer.

Movies for James Campbell...

Un parfum de Caraïbes
Title: Un parfum de Caraïbes
Character: Léopold
Released: October 26, 2004
Type: Movie
A young Parisian perfume creator discovers lost roots, danger and romance on the paradisiac island of Martinique.
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Life on Earth
Title: Life on Earth
Character: La voix de Aimé Césaire
Released: July 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Just before the turn of the 21st century, Dramane, a Malian who lives in Paris, returns to his family's African village to visit his father. After biking around the town, Dramane realizes how different and stagnated his village is compared to the ever-changing modern world, especially at the dawn of a new millennium. While home, Dramane strikes up a friendship with beautiful villager Nana, with whom he contemplates the future. The film earned Sissako awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival, the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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Watani: A World Without Evil
Title: Watani: A World Without Evil
Released: January 2, 1998
Type: Movie
Two men of different backgrounds lose their respective jobs, setting off a series of events that brings them together in tragic circumstances.
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Karim and Sala
Title: Karim and Sala
Character: Le chasseur
Released: October 29, 1991
Type: Movie
Karim's father is missing and presumed dead, which is why his father's brother has taken over the house and is now his stepfather: this is the custom in Burkina Faso. This would be all right with Karim, except that his new stepfather is a harsh, unloving man, who would just as soon beat him as look at him, and he is the same way with the lad's mother. At the same time, Karim has made friends with Sala, a girl from a wealthy family, starting from when he gave her a baby goat-kid. Their friendship prospers enough so that, when Karim and his mother leave the abusive uncle carrying only what they are wearing on their backs, Sala is able to persuade her family to help them settle safely elsewhere. When Karim's father turns up at last, it is icing on the cake, for they are now able to send the obnoxious man who overshadowed their lives away in disgrace.
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Ashakara
Title: Ashakara
Character: Dr. Kara
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
An action thriller which lends a multinational depiction of contemporary Africa and centers on a local homeopathic cure for a virus that has crept into Africa.
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The Passenger
Title: The Passenger
Character: Witch Doctor (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1975
Type: Movie
David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.
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La Grande Bouffe
Title: La Grande Bouffe
Character: Zack
Released: May 16, 1973
Type: Movie
Four friends gather at a villa with the intention of eating themselves to death.
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Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Title: Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Character: Le patron du cabaret
Released: February 22, 1973
Type: Movie
Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. He comes to her elegant flat - her father has died leaving her rich - and she tells the priest stories about men she has seduced. The seduction is easy, she tells him, it's destruction that takes planning. We watch her with an upright elected official, a wealthy boor, and a folk singer. She describes herself as a spider. Her friend Léporella tries to be Jeanne's conscience. What does Jeanne want?
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Boubou cravate
Title: Boubou cravate
Released: January 2, 1972
Type: Movie
An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that perhaps he has assimilated too much white culture.
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Alpha
Title: Alpha
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Ola Balogun's first feature film was made in France and focuses on a group of young Black intellectuals and artists. At the centre is Alpha, whose scepticism about fixed appellations is also expressed in his own chosen name. In his Parisian garret, the characters debate politics, art and philosophy and negotiate Black identity and cultural heritage. The action continues on its improvised way in the cafés, parks and nightclubs of Paris until Alpha finds himself between the fireworks and the celebrating masses on Bastille Day – in the middle and yet on the margins.
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In the Beginning
Title: In the Beginning
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Short film based on a Yoruba folk tale.
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Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Title: Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Released: February 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Alfred Mullanet, an unlucky player who lives on his wife's income, becomes in a few moments the object of interest of two thugs, Kruger and Mister K.
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The Deadly Decoy
Title: The Deadly Decoy
Character: Baudoin Ouemellé
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: Movie
The directors of a company threatened by a railroad construction project in Africa decide to have the General Secretary of the Franco-African consortium killed. Géo Paquet, known as "Le Gorille", a DST spy, attempts to infiltrate the gang.
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Jack of Spades
Title: Jack of Spades
Released: December 21, 1960
Type: Movie
After an adventurous life, Patrick has settled in the Camargue and bought a manade where he raises bulls, while the "riziers" gradually invade and transform the land. On the very day the bulls are being branded, Patrick sees Robert, a long-lost comrade just out of prison. He takes him in and asks for nothing, despite the general hostility. In fact, Robert begins by poaching young Paco, son of the gardian-chef, by offering to rob a bank; then he covets his friend's almost-fiancée, Zeffa; finally, he organizes a devastating expedition against the rice farmers, in short, he behaves like a real "dog in a poke", sowing discord and brawl everywhere.
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Heroes and Sinners
Title: Heroes and Sinners
Released: September 12, 1955
Type: Movie
A good cast smooths over the rough spots of Les Heros sont Fatigues. The scene is the African republic of Liberia, which in this film proves to be a stopping-off point for a number of shady characters. Yves Montand plays a French ex-pilot who becomes involved in a scheme to smuggle stolen diamonds. His cohorts include a Nazi collaborator, a German refugee, and the white mistress of a prominent Liberian. A romance develops between the ex-pilot and the aforementioned mistress. Meanwhile, one of the conspirators (Curt Jurgens) has a last-minute attack of conscience, effectively queering the deal. The steamier romantic passages in Les Heros sont Fatigues had to be trimmed for American consumption.