Series |
Film movement series
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Note |
Downloadable video file. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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System requirements: OverDrive Media Console (file size: 420511KB). |
Note |
French dialogue with English subtitles. |
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Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 2, 2010). |
Cast |
Makena Diop, Rasmane Quedraogo, Fatou Tall-Salgues, Joseph B. Tapsoba, Souleymane Zoure. |
Credits |
Cinematography by Crystel Fournier ; music by Jean Massicotte, Mathieu Vanasse ; editing by Annie Jean. |
Note |
Originally produced in 2006. |
Audience |
Not rated. Not recommended for ages under 17 without parental permission. |
Note |
Also available as DVD; previously issued as Film Movement DV057. |
Summary |
A Nigerien peasant comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in northeast Burkina Faso, Africa. He quickly finds out the gold rush ended twenty years before and the inhabitants of this wasteland manage to exist simply from force of habit. |
Awards |
Official Selection Melbourne Int'l Film Festival ; Official Selection Sundance Film Festival; Official Selection Venice (Venice Days) Film Festival; Official Selection Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival; Official Selection Rome Film Festival. |
Access |
Digital content provided by OverDrive; access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions. |
Subject |
Gold mines and mining -- Burkina Faso -- Drama.
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Nigeriens -- Burkina Faso -- Drama.
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Foreign workers -- Burkina Faso -- Drama.
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Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Downloadable video collection.
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Added Author |
Salgues, Laurent.
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Salbot, Sophie.
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Daigle, Marc.
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Diop, Oumar Makéna.
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Quedraogo, Rasmane.
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Tall-Salgues, Fatou.
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Tapsoba, Joseph B.
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Zoure, Souleymane.
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Athénaïse (Firm)
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Association coopérative des productions audio-visuelles (Firm)
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Sahéles Productions (Firm)
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Film Movement (Firm)
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OverDrive, Inc.
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Related To |
Original (OCoLC)173261606 |
ISBN |
(downloadable video : OverDrive Video) |
Standard No. |
616892929925 |
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