Projection Extérieure Gratuite
ABOVE WATER
MARCHER SUR L'EAU
Director
Aïssa Maïga
Cast
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Producer
Bonne Pioche
Screenwriter
Aïssa Maïga, Ariane Kirtley
Distributor
Orange Studio
Please note that this film will be presented in theaters without English subtitles.
The village of Tatiste in the north of Niger, victim of climate warming, is fighting to gain access to water. Every day, fourteen-year-old Houlaye, like other young people, walks many kilometers to draw water, essential to the life of the village.
CINEMANIA’s opinion :
Northern Niger is a fragile region, vulnerable to drought. Everyone is fighting to gain access to water which is becoming more and more difficult. With ABOVE WATER, actress Aissa Maiga (LES POUPÉES RUSSES, THE COURT) aims the camera at a world in full transformation: climate changes, but also the modernisation of a formerly nomadic «small community». The poetic title of the film should also be taken literally: the small community has under its feet all the water it would need to survive, waiting for drilling that itself is in waiting for the bureaucracy to move into action. Under the guise of a universal tale, this documentary admirably raises our awareness of the fragility of a planet that the West too often takes for granted.
⇢ Section "Cinema for the climate" at Cannes 2021
⇢ In competitition for the Best Documentary Planète+ Prize at the 2021 Edition
The village of Tatiste in the north of Niger, victim of climate warming, is fighting to gain access to water. Every day, fourteen-year-old Houlaye, like other young people, walks many kilometers to draw water, essential to the life of the village.
CINEMANIA’s opinion :
Northern Niger is a fragile region, vulnerable to drought. Everyone is fighting to gain access to water which is becoming more and more difficult. With ABOVE WATER, actress Aissa Maiga (LES POUPÉES RUSSES, THE COURT) aims the camera at a world in full transformation: climate changes, but also the modernisation of a formerly nomadic «small community». The poetic title of the film should also be taken literally: the small community has under its feet all the water it would need to survive, waiting for drilling that itself is in waiting for the bureaucracy to move into action. Under the guise of a universal tale, this documentary admirably raises our awareness of the fragility of a planet that the West too often takes for granted.
⇢ Section "Cinema for the climate" at Cannes 2021
⇢ In competitition for the Best Documentary Planète+ Prize at the 2021 Edition
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