Bakoroman
Simplice Herman Ganou
2011 - 62 min - Mini DV - Burkina Faso, France

Leaving your family at the age of seven, twelve, sixteen: a leap into the unknown. Taking up residence in front of a shop, in a video store, nearby a bus station. Learning how to take drugs, how to go begging, to steal, flee, fight, and no longer feel fear. Making friends and enemies. Getting integrated into a new world. Getting used to...
Stories worth listening, paths worth following: the film portrays a few “Bakoroman” from Gounghin, a central neighborhood in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso.



Author-Director : Simplice Herman Ganou
Photography : Michel K. Zongo
Sound : Moumouni Jupiter Sodré
Editing : Annie Waks
Delegate Producer : L' Atelier documentaire
Co-producer : Diam Production

Distribution


Distributor : L' Atelier documentaire
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
Disponible au Club du doc

Distinctions

2013 - Images en bibliothèques, Paris (France) : Film soutenu par la Commission nationale de sélection des médiathèques
2011 - CorsicaDoc - Festival international du film documentaire d'Ajaccio, Ajaccio (France) : Mention spéciale