Author Spotlight

Chrystel Oloukoï

Chrystel Oloukoï is an artist, film critic, and curator focusing on experimental cinema, queer cinema, and Black continental and diasporic cinema. They hold a PhD from Harvard University and work at the University of Washington. Their writing has appeared in Air Afrique, Film Comment, Metrograph, Sight and Sound, and World Records, among other places.

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Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 5

Yam daabo: On Idrissa Ouédraogo’s Humanist Cinema

A deft mixture of family epic, romantic melodrama, landscape cinema, and comedy, Burkinabe director Idrissa Ouédraogo’s landmark film balances the universality of its themes with the fierce individuality of its characters.

By Chrystel Oloukoï

Essays— Jan 22, 2026