SAI SAI : On the road with travelling mechanics

  • Saï Saï - Sur la route des mécanos voyageurs
© Les Films du Balibari
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2005
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 59 (in minutes)
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From Nantes to Noakchott, Dakar to Bamako, on the road with ‘travelling mechanics'. For the past 20 years, Amar makes his living from selling old cars in Africa, which he finds in farms, garages and various odd spots in France. He repairs them and takes them on a 6000 kms journey through France, Spain, Morocco, the Sahara, Mauritania down to Mali. On the way, Amar and his travelling mechanics make encounters, which go way beyond the idyllic vision of the beautiful landscapes they drive through, and get closer to engines and human relations…

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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