Maka Kotto
Maka Kotto is known for Marche à l'ombre (1984), Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996), Lumumba (2000).
Biography
Maka Kotto (born December 7, 1961) is a Cameroonian-born Canadian politician. Educated in France, Kotto immigrated to Quebec, Canada, where he was an educator before entering politics. Kotto was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Minister of Culture and Communications. A former member of the House of Commons of Canada for the Bloc Québécois, Kotto is also a published author and has appeared in films.
Kotto was born in Douala, Cameroon, and graduated from high school at Lycée Henri-Martin in Saint-Quentin, France. He studied law, politics, dramatic art and cinema in Nanterre, Bordeaux and Paris. Kotto immigrated to Quebec in 2006.
Before becoming a politician, Kotto was an author, actor, and stage director. He appeared in the 1989 movie How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer), based on the novel by Dany Laferrière. He also appeared in a second film in 2000, Lumumba, starring as Joseph Kasa-Vubu.
Kotto was also an educator in dramatic art for nearly 15 years in France and Quebec.
Kotto was elected to the House of Commons of Canada, representing the Bloc Québécois in the 2004 Canadian federal election. In that election, he defeated incumbent Liberal MP Yolande Thibeault and five other candidates. Upon winning the Saint-Lambert riding, Kotto became the first black Canadian Member of Parliament for the Bloc. He was re-elected two years later, winning a comfortable, but reduced, popular vote and a much larger plurality in the 2006 Canadian federal election. He defeated five other candidates to win his second term in office.
Kotto served as the Bloc's critic for Canadian heritage.
On November 12, 2007, Kotto announced that he would be the candidate for the Parti Québécois in the provincial riding of Bourget in Montreal to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of former PQ house leader Diane Lemieux. It was his second attempt at provincial politics; he was defeated in his previous candidacy in Viau by former Liberal MNA William Cusano.
Kotto resigned his seat in House of Commons of Canada on March 5, 2008, in order to run in the provincial by-election. His vacancy was officially recognized by the Speaker on March 13, 2008.
On May 12, 2008, he won the Bourget by-election as a Parti Québécois candidate with 40% of the vote.
With the election of the Parti Québécois on September 4, 2012, Kotto became Minister of Culture and Communications.
Kotto was re-elected in the 2014 Quebec election with a smaller margin, but the Parti Québécois government of Pauline Marois was defeated and Kotto became a member of the Official Opposition caucus. He was defeated in the 2018 election.
Kotto is the husband of former Longueuil mayor and Bloc Québécois caucus colleague Caroline St-Hilaire, and is the father of four children.
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Questions about Maka Kotto
How many Maka Kotto films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 21 films with Maka Kotto, from 1984 to 2006.
What is the best rated Maka Kotto film?
The best rated Maka Kotto film in the catalogue is Marche à l'ombre (1984), rated 6.5.
What was the first Maka Kotto film?
The first Maka Kotto film in the catalogue is Marche à l'ombre, from 1984.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.4 A Sunday in Kigali
2006
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6.5 Marche à l'ombre
1984
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10.0 Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition
1998
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5.4 Love on the Quiet
1985
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6.8 Lumumba
2000
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6.5 Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996
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4.6 Périgord noir
1989
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4.4 The Middle Passage
2000
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Maintenant ou jamais
1997
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4.3 Make It Mine
1986
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5.5 A Silent Love
2004
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6.8 Bitter Sugar
1998
Full filmography
34 films — 21 in the catalogue
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Á quand l'Afrique?
2024 · Narrator
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6.0 Wanted: Strong Woman
2019 · Oncle Noel
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La dérive douce d’un enfant de Petit-Goâve
2009
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Concours de danse à Piriac
2006 · Le maire
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7.4
A Sunday in Kigali
2006 · Manu
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5.8 Zim and Co
2005 · Père Arthur
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6.9 Looking for Alexander
2004 · Ba Kobhio
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5.5
A Silent Love
2004 · André
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4.0 Le goût des jeunes filles
2004 · Papa
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7.3 Comment conquérir l'Amérique en une nuit
2004
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4.8 Le Ciel sur la tête
2001 · Abbot Florent
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5.1
Voyage à Ouaga
2001 · Zao
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6.8
Lumumba
2000 · Joseph Kasa Vubu
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4.4
The Middle Passage
2000 · Narrator (voice)
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4.2 One 4 All
1999 · Le président
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4.0 Monsieur Naphtali
1999 · Infirmier
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6.8
Bitter Sugar
1998 · Privat Danglemont
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10.0
Victor Schœlcher, l'abolition
1998 · Alcindor
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Maintenant ou jamais
1997 · Grandgosier
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4.7 The Haven
1997 · Jean Marcheur
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6.5
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996 · Césaire
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8.0 Lulu, roi de France
1995 · Honoré
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6.6 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1995 · African Sailor
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8.4 Night Taxi
1993 · Max
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6.0 Trapped by a Dream
1993 · Yannick
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8.0 Blanc d'ébène
1991 · Lanseye Kante
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10.0 La Goutte d'or
1990 · Salah Brahim
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4.6
Périgord noir
1989 · Youssouf
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5.0 Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer
1989 · Bouba
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7.8 Black
1987 · Kunta
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Arrêt sur image
1987 · L'évêque
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4.3
Make It Mine
1986 · Arthur
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5.4
Love on the Quiet
1985 · François
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6.5
Marche à l'ombre
1984 · Joseph
Series and TV shows
1 titles
8.0
People data: TMDb.
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