La Brèche (2007)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- South Africa, Belgium
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary shows life in Saint-Louis, a city in the Senegal River delta where water has deep spiritual meaning. Since the 1980s, new dams and canals have damaged the delta's environment, and local people struggle with the loss of their way of life.
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What happens
La Brèche est un film réalisé en 2007. À Saint-Louis, ville implantée au milieu du Delta du fleuve Sénégal, il est de coutume d’effectuer des offrandes aux génies aquatiques tutélaires à la naissance d’un enfant. C’est dire toute la force de la symbolique de l’eau dans l’imaginaire des populations qui consacrent rituels et cérémonies rythmant le quotidien de leur vie. Depuis le début des années 1980, l’aménagement d’infrastructures pour une plus grande maîtrise de l’eau met en péril le cadre écologique du delta. Et les populations vivent un grand désarroi, devant l’indifférence générale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Le cercle des noyés (2007)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.