Querida Bamako.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Oke, Omer, film director.

Contributor:

Txarli Llorent, film director.

Abra Prod, S.L., production company.

Euskal Irrati Telebista Radio Television Vasca, S.L., production company.

Fenix P.C., production company.

Platino Educa, distributor.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Africans--Spain--Social conditions.

Africans.

Refugees--Europe.

Refugees.

Refugees--Spain.

Genre:

Documentary-style films.

Feature films.

Streaming video.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (97 min.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Abra Prod, S.L., 2007.

Language Note:

In Catalan, Basque, and Spanish with subtitles in Spanish.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

digital

streaming video file

Summary:

Moussa (Djédjé Apali) es un joven de Burkina Faso. Vive en la aldea donde nació, con sus padres, su familia y su mujer, Fátima. Aunque él prefiere llamarla Bamako, porque es allí, en la capital de Mali, donde la conoció, antes de casarse y tener a su bebé, Mamadou. El campo da lo justo para comer, pero ese precario equilibrio se ha roto últimamente debido a la larga sequía. Empujado por la responsabilidad de ayudar a la familia, y tras pedir opinión a los ancianos de su aldea, Moussa decide emigrar a Europa. Nosotros le acompañaremos a lo largo de todo el camino, y testigos de nuestro paso serán otros viajeros que le precedieron y que ahora, en cada parada y cada recodo de trayecto, nos darán testimonio de sus propias vicisitudes y experiencias, de las razones que les empujaron al éxodo, los amigos que cayeron en el camino, los métodos que utilizaron para llegar a España y la realidad con que se encontraron al alcanzar su meta.

Moussa (Djédjé Apali) is a young man from Burkina Faso. He lives in the village where he was born, with his parents, his family and his wife, Fatima. But he prefers to call her 'Bamako' because it was there, in the capital of Mali, that he met her - before getting married and having their baby, Mamadou. The land gives them just enough to live on, but this precarious balance is now threatened by a prolonged drought. Driven by his responsibility towards his family, and after asking the opinion of the village elders, Moussa decides to go and find work in Europe. We will accompany him on his journey, and on our way gather testimony from those who went before, and who now, at each resting place and bend in the way, recount their experiences, the means they used to travel to Spain and what they encountered on reaching their destination.

Credits:

Directors, Omer Oke, Txarli Llorent ; producers, Abra Prod, S.L., Euskal Irrati Telebista Radio Television Vasca, S.L., Fenix P.C.

Notes:

Description from landing page (Platino Educa, viewed July 19, 2022).

OCLC:

1371249551

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.