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LAND OF UPRIGHT PEOPLE

IL PAESE DELLE PERSONE INTEGRE

By Christian CARMOSINO MEREU

Documentary - Completed 2022

October 2014. Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, is the scene of an unarmed uprising that ousts the dictator in power since 1987, and later staves off an attempted coup. In 2015, the country votes freely for the first time, yet real change remains elusive.

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Giornate degli Autori 2022

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2023

Doc Market

Fespaco 2023

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Documentary, Historical
- Countries
- ITALY, BURKINA FASO
- Languages
- ITALIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH
- Duration
- 106 mn
- Director(s)
- Christian CARMOSINO MEREU
- Producer(s)
- Christian CARMOSINO MEREU (DOCFEST PRODUCTIONS)
- Synopsis
- October 2014, the capital of Burkina Faso Ouagadougou is the scene of mass demonstrations against a dictatorship in power for 27 years. An unarmed uprising kicks off the dictator and subsequently resists to a coup attempt.
  
  In 2015 the country votes freely for the first time in its history, but the revolution is not followed by a real change, especially regarding economic exploitation of the country by foreign companies.
  
  Today the weakness of the government allows the advancement of Al Qaeda and IS, which has put the region under attack causing thousands of victims and hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
  
  The film follows this process during one year through daily life of four burkinabes made up of resistance and struggle. An engaged musician, a candidate for elections, a miner who is unemployed because of his political commitment, and a mother in a poor and numerous family in the capital Ouagadougou.
  
  All of them share a hope for change that is concentrated in the important polls’ deadline.

LAND OF UPRIGHT PEOPLE

IL PAESE DELLE PERSONE INTEGRE

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