Africa: The Essential Words

  • Afrique : la Parole essentielle
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2005
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 56 (in minutes)

Passionate, taboo-breaking plea by African intellectuals and theatre-makers to tackle AIDS and the abuse of power, calling them by name. A film full of Afro-optimism and down-to-earth self criticism of African descent. Africa is nothing but a lie. Obstinately, the Africans refuse to look the truth in the face. Aids is not some malady invented by the whites to destroy the blacks. And who lurks behind the interminable fratricidal wars that are destroying this age-old continent? The whites or the blacks themselves? The film takes a look at this Africa, which refuses to face the facts. The spoken word, the very essence of all cultures of the African continent, is at last liberated. Today it is essential: a question of life or death. Africa is dying of Aids, wars, sickness, poverty. The chief question today is to know if Africa will recover from these scourges as it has always done in the past. Sénégal Director: Ibrahima Sarr Camera: Ibrahima Sarr Sound: Ibrahima Sarr Editing: Odile Bonis Production: Les Films Amonenafi, 324 Ouagou Niayes II, BP 10817, Dakar, Sénégal Tel: +33 (0)6 1843 0795 E-mail: amonenafi@hotmail.fr Sales: Les Films Amonenafi Paris, 5, Rue Fontaine, 93200 Saint-Denis, France Tel: +33 (0)1 4243 1146 E-mail: amonenafi@hotmail.fr Format: DV Cam. Couleur Running time: 55 mn Year of production: 2005 Language: French Subtitles: English 2006 | FIPA | BIARRITZ, France > Selection - Fipatel

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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