In a small village in Niger, a part of the originally animist population has recently converted to Islam or to Christianity. Because of those new beliefs, minds have radicalized, hearts have hardened and the village has ended up splitting into two sides with a kind of demarcation line, the tarred strip of National Route 1. On a night of November 2009, a preaching organized by extremist Muslims ignited sparks

a film by Bawa KADADÉ RIBA

Burkina / France - 2019 - documentary - 63 min - Original Version with subtitles

Executive producers: Marie-Odile Gazin / Julie Nguyen Van Qui (The Kingdom)

Co-producer: Mamounata Nikiema (Pilumpiku Production)

Director: Bawa Kadadé Riba
Screenplay: Bawa Kadadé Riba
Cinematography: Michel K. Zongo
Sound: Moumouni Jupiter Sodré, Abdoulaye Adamoun Mato
Editing: Amina Weira, Julien Sallé
Online Editing: Dario De Bettin

Executive Production: The Kingdom
Co-production: Pilumpiku Production

with the support of JCF - Jeune Création Francophone Fund

FESTIVALS

2021 | Ânûû-rû Âboro Festival (New Caledonia) - Covid Special Edition
* TV broadcast: Caledonia, Oct. 10, 2021
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2020 | 20th Lagunimages Festival (Cotonou, Benin) | From November 30 to December 11, 2020
* Silver Nokouè Prize
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2020 | 6th FIFIDHO (International Festival of Films on Human Rights (Niamey, Niger) | January 11-16, 2020
* Official Competition

2020 | Premiere - The Association Usage of the World in the 21st Century
* Screening: January 21, 2020 at 7:30 p.m., at the Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris 4th). Filmmaker Bawa Kadadé Riba in attendance. The screening is followed by a buffet.

2019 | 2nd FESTIC - Festival of Cultural Identities | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | December 18-22, 2019
* Selection

2019 | 15th Ciné Droit Libre 2019 (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) | From 07 to 14 December 2019
* Selection
* Screening: Thursday, December 12, at 8:30 p.m., at the French Institut. Filmmaker in attendance
* Screening: Friday December 13 at 9 p.m. at the Goethe Institut. Filmmaker in attendance

2019 | 19th edition of the Besançon African Film Festival (France) | November 9-17, 2019.
* Selection

2019 | 31st Etats Généraux du Film Documentaire - General Assembly of Documentary Film in Lussas (France)
* Section: Docmonde