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France, Senegal, Germany 2022 | 105 min. Director: Alassane Diago
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Co-Production Company

Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH
Pfaffendorfer Str. 26
04105 Leipzig

Project / Host

German Documentaries

Categories

Documentary

The River is not a Border

105min original French, Peul, Wolof, Arabic version

Synopsis

Forty protagonists, witnesses and victims look back at the 1989 massacres on both sides of the Senegal River, the border between Mauritania and Senegal, in order to understand what really happened, and try to take a step towards reconciliation together. [Semaine de la critique – 75 Locarno FF]


"In 1989, after a clash near the border between Mauritanian shepherds and Senegalese peasants, an incredible escalation of racist violence took place in the two countries. These events caused thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of refugees. Today, despite appearances, the wounds have not healed. With this film, I want to try to understand what really happened, I want to pay tribute to the dead, and above all, I want to take a step towards reconciliation." Alassane Diago

Cast & Crew

Festivals/awards

2022
75 Locarno Film Festival – Semaine de la critique
IDFA – Best of Fests
2023
46 Göteborg IFF

Co-Production Company

Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH
Pfaffendorfer Str. 26
04105 Leipzig

Cast & Crew

Alassane Diago
 Michel Klein, Katy Lena Ndiaye, Raphael Pillosio, Heino Deckert
 Michel K. Zongo
 Catherine Gouze, Alassane Diago
 Michel Tsagli, Mathieu Deniau
 Fabacary Coly
 Philippe Grivel (Sound mixing)

Categories

Documentary
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