Le spectre de Boko Haram
dir. Cyrielle Raingou / 2023 / Cameroon / 75min.
ETNOMATOGRAF Award
Since 2014, the terrorist organisation Boko Haram has led strikes against the villages and people of the Far North Region of Cameroon.
Since 2014, the terrorist organisation Boko Haram has led strikes against the villages and people of the Far North Region of Cameroon. Today, this constant threat of violence has woven itself into daily existence. In her profoundly affecting debut feature, Cyrielle Raingou follows a group of children as they carve out their own worlds amid the dangers of armed conflict. We meet the precocious Falta, studious and hardworking, eager to process her father’s death in a terrorist attack. Her classmate, Ibrahim, and his older brother Mohamad struggle with balancing their boyhood energy and a traumatic past that strays them from their eight and 11-year-old innocence.
- duration:
- 75 min
- country / year of production:
- Cameroon / 2023
- director:
- Cyrielle Raingou
- cinematography:
- Cyrielle Raingou, Bertin Fotso
- producer:
- Veronique Holley, Dieudonne Alaka / Tara Group, Label Video
- selected festivals and awards:
- 2023 – Rotterdam IFF: Tiger Award
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