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Femmes aux yeux ouverts (1994)

Femmes aux yeux ouverts poster
Directed by
Anne Laure Folly
Genre
documentary film
Country
Togo
Runtime
52 min
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary that looks at the daily lives of women in several West African countries. It shows their struggles and hopes in different situations.

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What happens

Femmes aux yeux ouverts (Women with eyes open) is a Togolese documentary film directed by Anne-Laure Folly. It covers the lives of contemporary African women in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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