bakoroman
Director simplice ganou
Countries France, Burkina Faso
Duration 62 min
Synopsis
Leaving one’s family at 7, 12 or 16 years old. Entering unknown areas. Taking up residence in front of a shop, in a video store, outside a bus station. Learning to do drugs, beg, steal, flee, and fight. Not to be afraid anymore. Making friends and enemies. Integrating into a new world. Adjusting. From the inside this film paints a picture of five Bakoroman on the road from their village to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital city, in pursuit of a better life.
Leaving one’s family at 7, 12 or 16 years old. Entering unknown areas. Taking up residence in front of a shop, in a video store, outside a bus station. Learning to do drugs, beg, steal, flee, and fight. Not to be afraid anymore. Making friends and enemies. Integrating into a new world. Adjusting. From the inside this film paints a picture of five Bakoroman on the road from their village to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital city, in pursuit of a better life.