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Hamu Beya - The Sand Fishers (2014)

Hamu Beya - The Sand Fishers poster
Original title
Hamou-Beya, Sand Fishers
Directed by
Andrey Samoute Diarra
Genre
documentary film
Country
Mali
Elsewhere
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How it feels

This documentary follows the Bozo people in Mali as they work along the Niger River. It shows their traditional method of fishing for sand to make a living.

observationalquietcontemplativeearthypatientnaturalisticgrounded

What happens

Hamu Beya – The Sand Fishers is a 2014 Malian documentary film about the Bozo people in Mali directed by Andrey Samoute Diarra. The film received the Best Documentary award alongside Portrait of a Lone Farmer at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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