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{{short description|Director and actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Zeka Leplaine
| birth_date = 1960
| nationality = [[Democratic Republic of Congo]]
| occupation = [[Actor]]

[[Film director|Director]]
| notable_works = [[Macadam Tribu]]
}}

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'''Zeka Laplaine''' (born 1960), sometimes credited as '''José Laplaine''',<ref name="nytimes"/> is a director and actor from [[Ilebo]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref name="armes-08-1"/><ref name="imdb"/> The child of a Portuguese father and Congolese mother,<ref name="gutberlet-1"/> he moved to Europe when he was 18.<ref name="variety-ifg" /> His 1996 [[short film]] ''Le Clandestin'' was featured at the 2010 Amakula International Film Festival in [[Uganda]].<ref name="amakula.com"/> He portrayed a [[cowboy]] alongside [[Danny Glover]] in ''Death in [[Timbuktu]]'', a [[Story within a story|film within a film]] in the [[Council of Europe]] [[Film Award of the Council of Europe|Film Award]]-winning film, ''[[Bamako (film)|Bamako]]''.<ref name="imdb-bamako"/><ref name="coe.int"/> Laplaine is a member of France's "Guilde Africaine des Realisateurs et Producteurs".<ref name="armes-06-1" />
'''Zeka Laplaine''' (born 1960), sometimes credited as '''José Laplaine''',<ref name="nytimes"/> is a director and actor from [[Ilebo]] in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref name="armes-08-1"/><ref name="imdb"/> The child of a Portuguese father and Congolese mother,<ref name="gutberlet-1"/> he moved to Europe when he was 18.<ref name="variety-ifg" /> His 1996 [[short film]] ''Le Clandestin'' was featured at the 2010 Amakula International Film Festival in [[Uganda]].<ref name="amakula.com"/> He portrayed a [[cowboy]] alongside [[Danny Glover]] in ''Death in [[Timbuktu]]'', a [[Story within a story|film within a film]] in the [[Council of Europe]] [[Film Award of the Council of Europe|Film Award]]-winning film, ''[[Bamako (film)|Bamako]]''.<ref name="imdb-bamako"/><ref name="coe.int"/> Laplaine is a member of France's "Guilde Africaine des Realisateurs et Producteurs".<ref name="armes-06-1" />

Laplaine's first short film was ''Le Clandestin'',<ref name="gutberlet-1"/> which he wrote, directed and acted in (playing a policeman in charge of a container dock in [[Lisbon]]).<ref name="gutberlet-1"/> A [[Cinema of France|French production]] set in [[Portugal]],<ref name="gutberlet-2"/> ''Le Clandestin'' examines African emigration and questions the dream of Europe as a "Northern Paradise" for [[Immigration to Europe|immigrants]].<ref name="gutberlet-1"/><ref name="thackway"/>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
{|class=wikitable
===Director===
|-
*[[1996 in film|1996]]: ''[[Le Clandestin (film, 1996)|Le Clandestin]]''<ref name="armes-08-2"/><ref name="imdb" /> ''Le Clandestin'' was his first short film.<ref name="gutberlet-1"/> He wrote, directed and acted in it (policeman in charge of container dock).<ref name="gutberlet-1"/> Examines emigration, questions the "Northern Paradise" (Europe, as a hostile environment for immigrants).<ref name="gutberlet-1"/><ref name="thackway"/> French production, set in Portugal.<ref name="gutberlet-2"/> '''Plot''': A young African man jumps out of a container at [[Lisbon]] harbour, attempts to meet his cousin in town, pursued by a policeman, never meets cousin, eventually decides to return to Africa.<ref name="gutberlet-1"/>
! Year
*1996: ''[[Macadam Tribu]]''<ref name="armes-08-2"/><ref name="nytimes" />
! style="width:15em;" |Film
*[[2001 in film|2001]]: ''[[List of Congolese films#P|Paris: XY]]''<ref name="armes-08-2"/><ref name="nytimes" />
! Plot
*[[2003 in film|2003]]: ''[[Le Jardin de Papa]]''<ref name="armes-08-2"/><ref name="nytimes" /> '''Plot''': About a French couple's honeymoon in [[Dakar]].<ref name="gutberlet-1"/>
|-
*[[2006 in film|2006]]: ''[[Kinshasa Palace]]''<ref name="armes-08-2"/><ref name="variety"/>
| [[1996 in film|1996]]
*[[2007 in film|2007]]: ''[[Le Lac Sacré]]''<ref name="armes-08-2"/>
| ''[[Le Clandestin (1996 film)|Le Clandestin]]''<ref name="imdb" /><ref name="armes-08-2"/>
| A young African man jumps out of a container at [[Lisbon]] harbour. Attempting to meet his cousin in town, he is pursued by a policeman. He never meets cousin, and eventually decides to return to Africa.<ref name="gutberlet-1"/>
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Macadam Tribu]]''<ref name="nytimes" /><ref name="armes-08-2"/>
| Set in [[Kinshasa]], the film shows "unauthorised communities" forming within the official city, and the struggle of characters to survive. A community project{{mdash}}a theatrical production about popular rebellion{{mdash}}provides the backdrop to the fall of President [[Mobutu Sese Seko]].<ref name="gutberlet-1"/><ref name="flaxman-00-1"/>
|-
| [[2001 in film|2001]]
| ''[[Paris: XY]]''<ref name="nytimes" /><ref name="armes-08-2"/>
|
|-
| [[2003 in film|2003]]
| ''[[Le Jardin de Papa]]''<ref name="nytimes" /><ref name="armes-08-2"/>
| A French couple honeymoon in [[Dakar]].<ref name="gutberlet-1"/>
|-
| [[2006 in film|2006]]
| ''[[Kinshasa Palace]]''<ref name="armes-08-2"/><ref name="variety"/>
|
|-
| [[2007 in film|2007]]
| ''[[Le Lac Sacré]]''<ref name="armes-08-2"/>
|
|}


===Actor===
===Actor===
{| class="wikitable nowraplinks"
*1996: ''Le Clandestin'', a policeman.<ref name="gutberlet-1"/><ref name="imdb" />
|-
* 1996: ''[[Foreign Land]]'', Loli<ref name="imdb-foreign-land">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114651/fullcredits IMDB - Terra Estrangeira]</ref>
! Year
*2001: ''Paris: XY'', Max.<ref name="nytimes" />
! Film
*2006: ''[[Bamako (film)|Bamako]]'' by [[Abderrahmane Sissako]], a cowboy.<ref name="imdb" />
! Role
*2007: ''[[Teranga Blues]]'' by [[Moussa Sene Absa]], Zéka.<ref name="imdb" /><ref name="imdb-teranga-blues" />
|-
| 1996
| ''Le Clandestin''
| A policeman.<ref name="imdb" /><ref name="gutberlet-1"/>
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Foreign Land (film)|Terra Estrangeira]]''
| Loli<ref name="imdb-terra-estrangeira"/>
|-
| 2001
| ''Paris: XY''
| Max.<ref name="nytimes" />
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Bamako (film)|Bamako]]'' by [[Abderrahmane Sissako]]
| A cowboy.<ref name="imdb" />
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Teranga Blues]]'' by [[Moussa Sene Absa]]
| Zéka.<ref name="imdb" /><ref name="imdb-teranga-blues" />
|}


== References ==
== References ==

=== Sources ===
=== Sources ===
{{reflist|refs=
{{Refbegin|2}}
<!-- *** Harvard cites *** -->
<references>
<ref name="gutberlet-1">{{harv|Gutberlet|2009|pp=291}}</ref>
<ref name="gutberlet-1">{{harv|Gutberlet|2009|pp=291}}</ref>
<ref name="gutberlet-2">{{harv|Gutberlet|2009|pp=293}}</ref>
<ref name="gutberlet-2">{{harv|Gutberlet|2009|pp=293}}</ref>
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<ref name="armes-08-2">{{harv|Armes|2008|pp=151}}</ref>
<ref name="armes-08-2">{{harv|Armes|2008|pp=151}}</ref>
<ref name="thackway">{{harv|Thackway|2003|pp=133}}</ref>
<ref name="thackway">{{harv|Thackway|2003|pp=133}}</ref>
<ref name="flaxman-00-1">{{harv|Flaxman|2000|pp=243}}</ref>


<!-- *** Cite X cites *** -->
<ref name="amakula.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.amakula.com/person/zeka-laplaine |title=Zeka Laplaine &#124; AMAKULA KAMPALA International Film Festival, Uganda |publisher=Amakula.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-20}}</ref>
<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/298795/Zeka-Laplaine/filmography |title=Zeka Laplaine - Filmography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com |publisher=Movies.nytimes.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-20}}</ref>
<ref name="amakula.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.amakula.com/person/zeka-laplaine |title=Zeka Laplaine &#124; AMAKULA KAMPALA International Film Festival, Uganda |publisher=Amakula.com |access-date=2010-09-20}}</ref>
<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/person/298795/Zeka-Laplaine/filmography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103042033/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/298795/Zeka-Laplaine/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-03 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |date=2012 |title=Zeka Laplaine - Filmography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com |access-date=2010-09-20}}</ref>
<ref name="variety">{{cite web |url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932007.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 |title=Kinshasa Palace Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Kinshasa Palace |author=Jay Weissberg |date=31 October 2006 |work=variety.com |publisher=[[Reed Business Information]] |accessdate=2 October 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487617/ |title=Zeka Laplaine |work=imdb.com |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |accessdate=2 October 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="variety">{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117932007.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 |title=Kinshasa Palace Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Kinshasa Palace |author=Jay Weissberg |date=31 October 2006 |work=variety.com |publisher=[[Reed Business Information]] |access-date=2 October 2010 }}</ref>
<ref name="variety-ifg">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=G8xoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Zeka+Laplaine%22&dq=%22Zeka+Laplaine%22&hl=en&ei=XCCnTP6ZKIGFswbUqpG9DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE4Q6AEwCA |title=Variety international film guide |last=Deutsch |first=Andre |year=2005 |accessdate=2 October 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="variety-ifg">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G8xoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Zeka+Laplaine%22 |title=Variety international film guide |last=Deutsch |first=Andre |year=2005 |access-date=2 October 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="coe.int">{{cite web|url=https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1118399 |title='Bamako', winner of the first Council of Europe film award in Istanbul |date=14 April 2007 |work=coe.int |publisher=[[Council of Europe]] Press Division |access-date=21 September 2010 |quote= The film “Bamako” (”The Court”), directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, has won the first film award of the Council of Europe ‘FACE’ at the International Istanbul Film Festival for its contribution to promoting human rights in accordance with the values of the Council of Europe and the principles of individual freedom, political liberty and the rule of law.}}</ref>
<ref name="imdb-teranga-blues">{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/tt1085510/ |title=Teranga Blues (2007) |work=imdb.com |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |accessdate=2 October 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="imdb-bamako">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814666/ IMDB - Bamako]</ref>
<!-- *** IMDb cites *** -->
<ref name="coe.int">{{cite web|url=https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1118399 |title='Bamako', winner of the first Council of Europe film award in Istanbul |date=14 April 2007 |work=coe.int |publisher=[[Council of Europe]] Press Division |accessdate=21 September 2010 |quote= The film “Bamako” (”The Court”), directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, has won the first film award of the Council of Europe ‘FACE’ at the International Istanbul Film Festival for its contribution to promoting human rights in accordance with the values of the Council of Europe and the principles of individual freedom, political liberty and the rule of law.}}</ref>
<ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0487617/ |title=Zeka Laplaine |work=imdb.com |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=2 October 2010}}</ref>
</references>
<ref name="imdb-teranga-blues">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1085510/fullcredits |title=Teranga Blues (2007) |work=imdb.com |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=2 October 2010}}</ref>
{{refend}}
<ref name="imdb-bamako">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814666/ |title=Bamako (2006)|work=imdb.com |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=16 October 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="imdb-terra-estrangeira">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114651/ |title=Terra Estrangeira (1996) |work=imdb.com |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=16 October 2010}}</ref>
}}


=== Bibliography ===
=== Bibliography ===
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book| title = African filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara
| last = Armes | first = Roy | year = 2006
| publisher = [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]] Press | location = Bloomington, Indiana
| url = https://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=0253348536
| isbn = 0-253-34853-6
}}
*{{cite book| title = Dictionary of African filmmakers
| last = Armes | first = Roy | year = 2008
| publisher = [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]] Press | location = Bloomington, Indiana
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=88sTRTl6yKwC&q=isbn:9780253351166
| isbn = 978-0-253-35116-6
}}
*{{cite book| title = The brain is the screen: Deleuze and the philosophy of cinema
| last = Flaxman | first = Gregory
| publisher = [[University of Minnesota]] Press
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XAOk6W-BPAEC&pg=PA243
| date = March 2000
| isbn = 978-0-8166-3447-7
}}
*{{cite book| title = Transcultural modernities: narrating Africa in Europe
| last = Gutberlet | first = Marie-Hélène | year = 2009
| editor1-last = Bekers | editor1-first = Elisabeth
| editor2-last = Helff | editor2-first = Sissy
| editor3-last = Merolla | editor3-first = Daniela
| publisher = Editions Rodopi B.V. | location = Amsterdam
| url = https://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=9789042025387
| isbn = 978-90-420-2538-7
}}
*{{cite book| title = Africa shoots back: alternative perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film
| last = Thackway | first = Melissa | year = 2003
| publisher = James Currey | location = Oxford
| url = https://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=0253343496
| isbn = 0-253-34349-6
}}
{{refend}}


*{{cite book |title=Transcultural modernities: narrating Africa in Europe | editor1-first=Elisabeth |editor1-last=Bekers | editor2-first=Sissy |editor2-last=Helff | editor3-first=Daniela |editor3-last=Merolla | last=Gutberlet |first=Marie-Hélène |year=2009 |publisher=Editions Rodopi B.V. |location=[[Amsterdam]] |isbn=978-90-420-2538-7 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N4_on188WJwC&pg=PA287&dq=%22Towards+an+Aesthetic+of+the+Migrant+Self%E2%80%94+The+Film+Le+Clandestin+by+Jos%C3%A9+Zeka+Laplaine%22&hl=en&ei=HDKmTK-yJI2Eswby2ZVF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Towards%20an%20Aesthetic%20of%20the%20Migrant%20Self%E2%80%94%20The%20Film%20Le%20Clandestin%20by%20Jos%C3%A9%20Zeka%20Laplaine%22&f=false |accessdate=1 October 2010|ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |title=African filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara | last=Armes |first=Roy |year=2006 |publisher=[[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]] Press |location=[[Bloomington, Indiana]] |isbn=0-253-34853-6 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yFJnRzJ8HuMC&pg=PA145&dq=%22Zeka+Laplaine%22&hl=en&ei=XCCnTP6ZKIGFswbUqpG9DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Zeka%20Laplaine%22&f=false |accessdate=2 October 2010|ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |title=Dictionary of African filmmakers | last=Armes |first=Roy |year=2008 |publisher=[[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]] Press |location=[[Bloomington, Indiana]] |isbn=978-0-253-35116-6 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=88sTRTl6yKwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=isbn:9780253351166&ei=3COnTJbKOZPaNrToufcC&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=2 October 2010|ref=harv}}
*{{cite book |title=Africa shoots back: alternative perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film | last=Thackway |first=Melissa |year=2003 |publisher=James Currey Ltd |location=[[Oxford]] |isbn=0-253-34349-6 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=__PzjrAIUtYC&pg=PA133&dq=%22Zeka+Laplaine%22&hl=en&ei=XCCnTP6ZKIGFswbUqpG9DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Zeka%20Laplaine%22&f=false |accessdate=2 October 2010|ref=harv}}


==External links==
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Zeka Leplaine
Born1960
NationalityDemocratic Republic of Congo
OccupationActor Director
Notable workMacadam Tribu

Zeka Laplaine (born 1960), sometimes credited as José Laplaine,[1] is a director and actor from Ilebo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2][3] The child of a Portuguese father and Congolese mother,[4] he moved to Europe when he was 18.[5] His 1996 short film Le Clandestin was featured at the 2010 Amakula International Film Festival in Uganda.[6] He portrayed a cowboy alongside Danny Glover in Death in Timbuktu, a film within a film in the Council of Europe Film Award-winning film, Bamako.[7][8] Laplaine is a member of France's "Guilde Africaine des Realisateurs et Producteurs".[9]

Laplaine's first short film was Le Clandestin,[4] which he wrote, directed and acted in (playing a policeman in charge of a container dock in Lisbon).[4] A French production set in Portugal,[10] Le Clandestin examines African emigration and questions the dream of Europe as a "Northern Paradise" for immigrants.[4][11]

Filmography

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Year Film Plot
1996 Le Clandestin[3][12] A young African man jumps out of a container at Lisbon harbour. Attempting to meet his cousin in town, he is pursued by a policeman. He never meets cousin, and eventually decides to return to Africa.[4]
1996 Macadam Tribu[1][12] Set in Kinshasa, the film shows "unauthorised communities" forming within the official city, and the struggle of characters to survive. A community project—a theatrical production about popular rebellion—provides the backdrop to the fall of President Mobutu Sese Seko.[4][13]
2001 Paris: XY[1][12]
2003 Le Jardin de Papa[1][12] A French couple honeymoon in Dakar.[4]
2006 Kinshasa Palace[12][14]
2007 Le Lac Sacré[12]

Actor

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Year Film Role
1996 Le Clandestin A policeman.[3][4]
1996 Terra Estrangeira Loli[15]
2001 Paris: XY Max.[1]
2006 Bamako by Abderrahmane Sissako A cowboy.[3]
2007 Teranga Blues by Moussa Sene Absa Zéka.[3][16]

References

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Sources

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Zeka Laplaine - Filmography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. ^ (Armes 2008, pp. 150)
  3. ^ a b c d e "Zeka Laplaine". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h (Gutberlet 2009, pp. 291)
  5. ^ Deutsch, Andre (2005). Variety international film guide. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Zeka Laplaine | AMAKULA KAMPALA International Film Festival, Uganda". Amakula.com. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Bamako (2006)". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  8. ^ "'Bamako', winner of the first Council of Europe film award in Istanbul". coe.int. Council of Europe Press Division. 14 April 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2010. The film "Bamako" ("The Court"), directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, has won the first film award of the Council of Europe 'FACE' at the International Istanbul Film Festival for its contribution to promoting human rights in accordance with the values of the Council of Europe and the principles of individual freedom, political liberty and the rule of law.
  9. ^ (Armes 2006, pp. 145)
  10. ^ (Gutberlet 2009, pp. 293)
  11. ^ (Thackway 2003, pp. 133)
  12. ^ a b c d e f (Armes 2008, pp. 151)
  13. ^ (Flaxman 2000, pp. 243)
  14. ^ Jay Weissberg (31 October 2006). "Kinshasa Palace Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Kinshasa Palace". variety.com. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  15. ^ "Terra Estrangeira (1996)". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  16. ^ "Teranga Blues (2007)". imdb.com. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2 October 2010.

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