SA 12 NOV
16.30 ARSENAL
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SUR LES TRACES D´UN MIGRANT (FOOTSTEPS OF A MIGRANT)
by Delphine Yerbanga
Burkina Faso/ South Africa 2021 I Documentary I OmeU I 72 min
in presence of the director
Adama and Awa are twin sisters living in Saint Louis, Senegal. They are daughters of a Senegalese mother and a Burkinabé father, who, however, left the family when the children were eight years old.
The search for their lost father remained unsuccessful for years until Adama and Awa, now 25 years old, meet their uncle Drissa. Together they decide to go in search of their lost father and brother Abdoulaye and set off on a journey through Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso. There they meet other families Abdoulaye has created in Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso. In the course of their research, they are also confronted with the Mossi culture for the first time. The director of the film will be on site for the German premiere.
DELPHINE YERBANGA holds a Master’s degree in Audiovisual Media (Institut de Formation en Technique de l’Information et de la Communication in Niger) and a Master’s degree in Creative Documentary (Université Gaston Berger in Saint Louis, Senegal). She started her career as a director in 2012 and created her own production company in 2016. Since 2013, she has been the president of the Africadoc Burkina association. On the occasion of FESPACO’s fiftieth anniversary, she was appointed President of its Junior Space and is a member of FESPACO’s National Organizing Committee.
