Boitjaro

Boitjaro
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned :
Year of production : 1997
Format : Short
Running time : 22 (in minutes)

In the villages lost in the mountains of Lesotho, people are fighting to survive with the little means they have. Palesa, a young girl of fifteen, wants to continue her studies but taxes are too high. Her father has immigrated abroad and no one has heard from him anymore. The women and some of the men who stayed behind have decided to take part in a project of development of their surrounding areas.

Director: Don EDKINS

Screenwriters: Marianne GYSAE, Don EDKINS
Images: Mike SCHLOEMER
Sound: Richard PAKLEPPA
Editing: Don EDKINS, Mike SCHLOEMER
Music: Frank LEEPA, Phinda RACHABANE, Barney RACHABANE

Production: Sesotho Media

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  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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