The Festival des 3 Continents and the Médiathèque Yves Laurent (Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire) invite you to discover LE SPECTRE DE BOKO HARAM by Cyrielle RAINGOU for a special screening in the presence of the director on Friday 4 October at 8.30pm.
Winner of the Montgolfière d’Argent at the Festival des 3 Continents in 2023, the jury said: ‘This film brought us together by the power of its subject and the intelligence of its treatment. The filmmaker’s conviction allows a voice of rare vital force to emerge.’
Since 2013, in the far north of Cameroon, the population has been living under the ever-present threat of violent attacks by the terror group, Boko Haram. The village of Kolofata carries still painful scars and daily life is unpredictable. But how can one bear witness to this situation without setting it on the side of pure horror? They are between four and eleven years old, boys and girls, from the same school or living in the same neighbourhood. Setting herself on the children’s side, Cyrielle Raingou deliberately chooses other gestures, other words, other ways of walking through life and also welcoming the patient presence of the camera. The day-to-day needs certainly continue to impose heavy restrictions on these youngsters, but they also reveal the strength of resilience, where Falta, Mohamed and Ibrahim are searching in their world for the place that life owes them. Jérôme Baron
PRACTICAL INFO
Free admission
Yves Laurent multimedia library, 10 rue Jean Macé, Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire
Length of film: 1h15
Registration recommended at the Médiathèque 02 40 80 86 20 or mediatheque@saintsebastien.fr
