Mother Land

Elle se dresse comme une déesse des déchets technologiques, entourée de montagnes de plastique et de métaux rares — un appel furieux à assumer le capitalisme, le colonialisme et la destruction environnementale en Afrique. 

SYNOPSIS

She stands there, confident, like a goddess of technological waste, surrounded by endless mountains of trash, plastic, stench, and rare earth metals. An angry call to the world to take responsibility for the consequences of capitalism, colonialism, and environmental destruction in Africa.

Theme(s): , Environnement, Human Rights, Politics

DETAILS

Director | , Kantarama Gahigiri
Year | , 2023
Country | , Rwanda, Switzerland
Duration | 10 minutes
Original language | , English, Swahili
Subtitles | , French and english

DIRECTOR

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Kantarama Gahigiri

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A writer and director of Swiss and Rwandan nationality, she explores the concepts of identity, sovereignty, and representation on screen. She shoots her films in East Africa and Switzerland. In 2023, she participated in the Atelier Grand Nord with TANZANITE, her feature film in development. TERRA MATER (2023) premiered at the Berlinale in 2023 and has since enjoyed a successful run at international film festivals, from IDFA to Sundance, in early 2024.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1

20 July 2026 pm31 21h00

Place Shamrock 

This film is included in screening Program Stlouis'Docs – Documentary Film Festival of Saint-Louis (Sénégal)

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