Al Djanat, the Original Paradise (2023)
- Original title
- Al Djanat, paradis originel
- Directed by
- Chloé Aichä Leterrier Boro
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Benin, Burkina Faso, France, Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In a Mandinka family, disputes arise over the inheritance of an ancestral compound after the patriarch's death. The film observes the resulting conflicts between customary oral traditions and modern legal systems.
observationalcontemplativegroundedintimatethoughtfulpersonalrestrainedreflective
What happens
Al Djanat (Paradis originel) est un film documentaire burkinabè réalisé par Chloé Aïcha Boro et sorti en 2023. Le film aborde les conflits familiaux liés à la succession d’un patriarche et à la transmission d’une cour ancestrale dans une famille mandingue, explorant les tensions entre traditions orales et systèmes juridiques modernes (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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