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ZINDER

By Aicha MACKY, Aicha MACKY

VISIONS DU RÉEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - as FEST

unknown - Completed 2021

Unemployed youths are swelling the ranks of gangs named “Palaces” feared by the population in Zinder, Niger. The film follows the life-journeys of 3 characters inside these no-go neighbourhoods and thus explores the origins of the radicalization and the prospects for escaping it.

Festivals
& Awards

Visions du réel 2021

CPH:DOX 2021

DOK.fest Munich 2021

Encounters 2021

Durban International Film Festival 2021

First Look at the Museum of the Moving Image, NY 2021

IDFA 2021

Reykjavík International Film Festival 2021

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- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- unknown
- Countries
- NIGER, FRANCE, GERMANY
- Languages
- FRENCH
- Duration
- 82 mn
- Director(s)
- Aicha MACKY, Aicha MACKY
- Producer(s)
- Clara Vuillermoz CLARA VUILLERMOZ (POINT DU JOUR-LES FILMS DU BALIBARI), Ousmane SAMASSEKOU (TABOUS PRODUCTION), Erik WINKER (CORSO FILMS)
- Synopsis
- In the town of Zinder in Niger, in the poor area of Kara-Kara which used to be the lepers’ district, a culture of gang violence reigns. A group of youths is trying to break free from this violence, some are trying to start a family and make a life for themselves rather than end up in prison. Aicha Macky, who comes from Zinder, films their daily lives divided between their gangs and their families. We discover how they skilfully cope with life’s challenges and witness their desire to break free from the cycle of violence which has built their identities.

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