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Al Djanat – The Original Paradise

1h 23m Documentary 2023
Royal Anthropological Institute Film Award Winner

After the death of her uncle, a dignitary Mandingo Imam, 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 colonisation. The courtyard becomes the theatre where the future of an emblematic family is played out.

Subtitles

English

Countries

Burkina Faso, France, germ