Man who plants baobabs (The)

Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2024
Format : Feature

For 50 years, a man has been planting baobabs in his village in western Burkina Faso. At first, his actions were met with incomprehension. Now, at the age of 82, more than 4,600 baobabs stretch as far as the eye can see. El Hadj Salifou Ouédraogo has spent more than two-thirds of his life planting baobabs. It's a struggle and above all a life devoted to ensuring the existence of these majestic, thousand-year-old trees, which are rare and endangered in the African savannah.



Film by Michel K. ZONGO
* FESPACO 2025 | Selection

Partenaires

  • 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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