In good company with the big people of Boromo

  • En bonne compagnie, chez les grandes personnes de Boromo
Genre : Fantasy
Type : Documentary
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Feature
Running time : 80 (in minutes)

The Great People of Boromo, also known as the giant puppets of Africa, travel the streets of the continent and beyond to amaze young and old. To tell their story is to tell the story of the little people who hide under each giant and of a whole community. Artists and above all men and women who, on a daily basis, are farmers, heads of families, traders, seasonal workers... inhabitants of this multi-ethnic land that unites them in Burkina Faso.


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A film by ELODIE DONDAINE / MATHIEU VILLARD selected for the Festival Vues d'Afrique 2021

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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