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Theresa Traore Dahlberg

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Theresa Traore Dahlberg
Dahlberg in 2019
Born (1983-11-01) November 1, 1983 (age 40)
Värnamo
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active2006-present

Theresa Traore Dahlberg (born 1 November 1983) is a Swedish film director and screenwriter.

Biography

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Dahlberg is the daughter of Burkinabé musician Richard Seydou Traore and grew up between Burkina Faso and Öland in Sweden.[1] Her parents worked for the United Nations in development missions in Burkina Faso, and she has three brothers. After graduating from high school, Dahlberg moved to New York and worked a number of jobs, including sales assistant in a candy store, amusement park employee, real estate agent, and photographer's assistant. In 2007, she enrolled at The New School in New York.[2] Dahlberg earned her bachelor's degree from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, and her Masters in Fine arts from the Royal Academy of Arts.[3] Her master's project was called "Copper and Cotton".[4]

Dahlberg directed her first short film, Procrastination, in 2006. She created the 30-minute documentary short On Hold in 2009. Afterwards, Dahlberg worked for the Swedish television programs and directed fictional works.[2] In 2011, she directed the short documentary Taxi Sisters, on the topic of female taxi drivers in Senegal. In 2017, Dahlberg directed the feature-length documentary Ouaga Girls. The film examines young women in Burkina Faso who have chosen to take up the typically-male profession of being a car mechanic.[5] It shows their lives in and out of school, and explains the reasons they took the mechanical route - some had teenage pregnancies, while others lost their parents.[1] Ouaga Girls was awarded the CREDIF prize at the Carthage Film Days.[6] Dahlberg directed The Ambassador's Wife in 2018, and it was featured at the Toronto Film Festival. The film received the Tempo Documentary Short Award, and Dahlberg received the Beckers Art Award in 2019.[7]

In addition to filmmaking, Dahlberg is also a sculptor. She participates in so-called solidarity projects with the Tensta Konsthall art gallery in Stockholm.[2]

Filmography

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  • 2006: Procastistation
  • 2009: On Hold
  • 2010: Två på resa (Two Travelling) (TV series, two seasons)
  • 2011: Taxi Sister
  • 2017: Ouaga Girls
  • 2018: The Ambassador´s Wife

References

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  1. ^ a b Zuiderveld, Maria (25 August 2017). "Normbrytande kvinnor i Burkina-Faso skildras i ny film". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Theresa Traore Dahlberg". Leaders Europe. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Theresa Traore Dahlberg - Director". Momento Film. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Theresa Traore Dahlberg Is the Documentary Maker, Artist, and Woman to Watch". Make it last. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  5. ^ Barlet, Olivier (2 October 2017). "Ouaga Girls, de Theresa Traoré Dahlberg". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  6. ^ "JCC 2017 : « Ouaga Girls » de Théresa Traoré Dahlberg remporte le prix CREDIF". Burkina24. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Theresa Traore Dahlberg receives the 2019 Beckers Art Award". Lindengruppen. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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