CSE 2022

ABOVE WATER

In the north of Niger, the village of Tatiste is a victim of global warming and its inhabitants have to move every day to have access to water. A borehole would be enough to bring water to the center of the village. 

SYNOPSIS

In northern Niger, the village of Tatiste, a victim of global warming, is fighting for access to water. Every day, fourteen-year-old Houlaye, like other young people, walks for miles to fetch water, which is essential to the life of the village. This daily task prevents them, among other things, from attending school. The lack of water also forces adults to leave their families each year to go beyond the borders to find the resources necessary for their survival. However, this region has an aquifer lake of several thousand square kilometers in its basement. It would only take a borehole to bring the coveted water to the center of the village and offer a better life to all.

Theme(s): , Democracy, Environnement, Human Rights, Rurality

DETAILS

Director | , Aïssa Maïga
Year | , 2021
Country | , France, Niger
Duration | 89 minutes
Original language | , French
Subtitles | , French
Image | Rousslan Dion
Sound | Matthieu Mangematin
Editing | Isabelle Devinck, Linda Attab Apenouvon

DIRECTOR

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Aïssa Maïga

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Aïssa Maïga is a French actress revealed to the public with her role in Les poupées
by Cédric Klapisch. She was then nominated for a César award as best female promising actor for her role in "Bamako" by Abderrahmane Sissako. She is known for her role in popular French comedies such as "Il a déjà tes yeux" and "Bienvenue à Marly Gomont", or in intimate dramas filmed in intimate dramas shot in foreign languages. She was notably chosen to interpret dramatic roles in "The boy who harnessed the wind" by Chiwetel Ejiofor and "Taken down", by David Caffrey.

In 2021, Aïssa Maïga starred in the English series "The Fear Index", the feature film by Andrea Bescond and Eric Metayer, "Quand tu seras grand" and the American film "The Man Who Saved Paris".

Aïssa Maïga co-directed with Isabelle Simeoni for TV (Canal Plus) "Regard Noir", a documentary road movie shot in Brazil, the United States and France, about the place of black women in fiction and solutions for the inclusion of all talents. She is a member of the Collectif 50/50 and is also since 2019 a member of the steering committee of the Club XXIè siècle, an association whose objective is the positive promotion of diversity and equal opportunities.

"Walking on Water" is the first feature documentary she has directed for the cinema.

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14 July 2022 at 21h00

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