Executive Producer Fernando Meirelles and Malian musician Inna Modja take us on an epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall - an ambitious vision to grow a wall of trees stretching across the entire continent to fight against increasing drought, desertification and climate change

A Buena Vista Social Club meets Years of Living Dangerously, renowned Malian singer Inna Modja takes us on a music-driven journey of hope, hardship, and perseverance across Africa's ambitious Great Green Wall.

Part musical odyssey and cultural road-trip, part desertification and climate justice exploration, Inna sets out on a mission to assemble Africa's most thrilling musicians and record a once-in-a-lifetime album that captures the spirit of the Wall - the budding 8,000km "belt of green" stretching from Senegal to Djibouti - providing food, jobs, and a future for millions of people.

Weaving together unforgettable personal stories of Sahelian adversity, determination and triumph, Inna leads us on a pilgrimage through the cities and savannahs with a band of artist-activists composing an indelibly eclectic soundtrack for a continent at a crossroads.

Once complete, the Great Green Wall will be the largest living structure on earth, three times the size of the Great Barrier Reef, and a new wonder of the world. This is the resilience story of our time, a massive social action project, and a symbol of hope in the resounding African Dream.

A film by Jared P. SCOTT

United Kingdom, 2019, Documentary, 1h31, color, Original Version (English, French, Bambara, Tigrigna & Haoussa) with subtitles in English, French

starring Inna Modja, Didier Awadi, Songhoy Blues, Waje, Betty G

producers
Fernando Meirelles
Sarah Macdonald
Alexander Asen

co-producers
Nick North
Charly W. Feldman
Fabrizio Zago
Camilla Nordheim-Larsen
Claude Grunitzky
Sian Kevill
Inna Modja
Marco Conti Sikic
Giulia Braga

Director: Jared P. Scott

Screenplay: Jared P. Scott

cinematography
Timothy Cragg

editing
Pilar Rico

music
Charlie Mole
Inna Modja

sound
Adam Prescod

with
Inna Modja
Didier Awadi
Songhoy Blues
Waje
Betty G

production
Make Waves

in association with
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

with the support of
Connect4Climate - World Bank Group
Building Energy
Wallace Global Fund
African Union
Global Environment Facility
Irish Aid
SOS Sahel
Tree Aid

world sales
WaZabi Films
mail
sales@wazabifilms.com

International press office
Together Films
Rebecca Ashdown

Distribution (France):
L'Atelier Distribution
http://latelierdistribution.fr/the-great-green-wall/

French release: on 22 June 2020

The film is available at Globecast @ Cinégo.


2020 | 10th edition of the Tournai Ramdam festival, Belgium | From the 18th until the 28th of January 2020
* Belgian Premiere
* Screening: Tuesday 21 January, at 10:00
* Screening: Sunday 26 January, at 9:00
https://www.ramdamfestival.be/movie/the-great-green-wall/

2019 | Giornate degli Autori / Mostra de Venise, Italy
* Selection: Venetian Nights
www.giornatedegliautori.com/film.asp?id=38&id_film=1208&lang=eng


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Il produttore esecutivo Fernando Meirelles e la musicista maliana Inna Modja ci conducono in un epico viaggio lungo la Grande Muraglia Verde dell'Africa - cioè l'idea ambiziosa di un muro di alberi da far crescere attraverso l'intero continente allo scopo di combattere la siccità, la desertificazione e i cambiamenti climatici.

THE GREAT GREEN WALL

di Jared P. Scott
Regno Unito, 2019, 91', colore

con
Inna Modja
Didier Awadi
Songhoy Blues
Waje
Betty G

produttori
Fernando Meirelles
Sarah Macdonald
Alexander Asen

co-produttori
Nick North
Charly W. Feldman
Fabrizio Zago
Camilla Nordheim-Larsen
Claude Grunitzky
Sian Kevill
Inna Modja
Marco Conti Sikic
Giulia Braga

Regista: Jared P. Scott

Sceneggiatura: Jared P. Scott

fotografia: Timothy Cragg

montaggio: Pilar Rico

musica: Charlie Mole & Inna Modja

suono: Adam Prescod

produzione
Make Waves

in associazione con
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

con il sostegno di
Connect4Climate - World Bank Group
Building Energy
Wallace Global Fund
African Union
Global Environment Facility
Irish Aid
SOS Sahel
Tree Aid

vendite internazionali:
WaZabi Films

Ufficio stampa internazionale
Together Films
Rebecca Ashdown


2020 | 10th edition of the Tournai Ramdam festival, Belgium | From the 18th until the 28th of January 2020
* Belgian Premiere
* Screening: Tuesday 21 January, at 10:00
* Screening: Sunday 26 January, at 9:00
https://www.ramdamfestival.be/movie/the-great-green-wall/

2019 | Giornate degli Autori / Mostra de Venise, Italy
* Selection: Notti Veneziane
www.giornatedegliautori.com/film.asp?id=38&id_film=1208&