Three young people talk about their society during a drought: tradition, conversion, or exoduses, which path should one choose?

During the milet's harvest and the onion-cultivation, three young peasants speak about their life in the Dogon country whereas the drought is becoming worst each year. The old people look at this new generation born during this drought as a "no future generation". What choices do these young people have ? How could they face the transformation of their society and the growing influence of muslim religion ?

Author : WANONO Nadine
Directors : WANONO Nadine ; HARDIE Amy

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Sub-title : Words from the dry season
Date of production : 1994
Duration : 00:35:00
Color : Color
Sound : Sound
Public : Large audience, Specialised audience
Original Support : 16 mm Film
Delivery support : 16 mm Film, DVD, Beta SP
Version : French, English

Distribution :
CNRS : Lending, Sale (private use), Sale (institutions use)

Production :
NFTS ; CNRS AV ; Inst. Sciences Humaines du Mali

Audiovisual process : Real shots.
Interviews (live sound).
Discipline : Ethnology Africa

Keywords :
Drought ; Tradition ; Intergeneration relation ; Religious transition ; Dogon
Places : Mali
Notes : NFTS : National Film and Television School.
Date of ceation : 27/07/1995

Festival : Bilan du Film Ethnographique,
Jury's Special Selection and Media Award Munich,
Jury's Special Selection at the Festival of Parnü, Estonia.