Al Djanat, paradis originel = Al Djanat, the original paradise / Les Films de l'œil sauvage présentent ; en coproduction avec: Les Productions Métissées, Merveilles Production, Bärbel Mauch Film ; un film de Chloé Aïcha Boro ; produit par Frédéric Féraud.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Boro, Chloé Aïcha, filmmaker.
• Féraud, Frédéric, film producer.
• Films de l'œil sauvage, production company.
• Productions Métissées, production company.
• Merveilles Production (Firm), production company.
• Andanafilms (Firm), publisher, distributor.

Language:

• English
• French
• Fula

Subjects (All):

• Families--Burkina Faso.
• Interpersonal conflict--Burkina Faso.
• Islamic law--Burkina Faso.
• Law--Burkina Faso.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (84 min.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Al Djanat, the original paradise

Place of Publication:

[Lussas, France] : AndanaFilms, [2023]

Language Note:

In Fulah with English subtitles; closed captioning available in French.

System Details:

• System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
• Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

After the death of her uncle, a dignitary Mandingo Islam, the director films her family courtyard. A dispute over the estate has burst out between advocates of traditional law and proponents of official law, inherited from European colonization. The courtyard becomes the theater where the future of an emblematic family is played out.

Credits:

Editing, Nina Khada ; cinematography, Mathieu Bertholet, Prisca Bourgoin, Rémi Jennequin.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed March 14, 2024).

Publisher Number:

an-djanat Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.