Amy was born in France, but her real name is Aminata. With a white French father and a mother from Burkina Faso, she has always felt in-between, especially since she grew up without her mother. So when she lands in Burkina searching for a connection with her African family, she looks, sounds and feels adrift. Amy's return to her mother's town is tentative. As she walks through ...
After the brutal massacre of his family in Haiti, Francis Desrances resettles in the Ivory Coast. Years later Francis, his wife Aissey and 12-year-old daughter Haila await the birth of a son, who to Francis' excitement and Haila's irritation is immediately regarded as the worthy heir to the Desrances name. As the birth looms, civil war erupts in Abidjan and amidst the melee Ais...
在布基纳法索的北部,有一个荒凉贫穷、尘土飞扬的矿金区,被一个贪婪的老板控制着。有许多非洲人来到这片土地出苦力寻找自己的金矿梦,尽管每天只有少得可怜的报酬,如果挖到金子,三分之二的部分都要上缴给老板,可是,这剩下的三分之一的金子也足够让他们卖命劳作。莫克塔就是这芸芸众生中的一员。来自尼日尔的他,经历了丧女之痛,带着恶梦般的回忆来做这时刻都有危险的苦力。他在危险的矿井里昏倒过,被琢石头的铁器刺伤过。这一切让他的生活枯燥而悲苦,然而他在矿井认识的一对母女把他的生活全部点亮。这位年轻的母亲库芭独自带着女儿在这里生活,她的丈夫父亲和兄弟都死于矿井事故。莫克塔不禁对她们产生感情。同样有着丧亲之痛的他与她惺惺相惜,含蓄而深厚的感情在两人间慢慢弥漫开来。莫克塔亲手将自己随身携带的小女儿的裙子给库芭的女儿穿上。他在黄褐色的矿区上上下下地找寻似有似无的身穿白裙的女孩的身...
In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the placenta. The space in which the placenta is buried is called 'Zan Boko' - a phrase which connotes the religious, cultural and affective relations that bind the child to the land and that embraces the notions of 'rootedness' and 'be...
When her uncle dies, director Chloé Acha Boro films her family’s courtyard in Dédougou, Burkina Faso. Framed by her camera, the shared space becomes the stage of the inheritance dispute that unfolds. A conflict between the gatekeepers of family tradition and those defending property interests, advocating for a modernity inherited from Western colonisation.
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