Sankara is Not Dead (2019)

Original title

Sankara n'est pas mort

Directed by

Lucie Viver

Genre

documentary

Country

France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young poet travels across Burkina Faso after a 2014 uprising. The film follows her journey and reflections on the legacy of former president Thomas Sankara.

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What happens

Sankara Is Not Dead (theatrically as Sankara n'est pas mort) is a 2019 French documentary film directed by Burkinabé filmmaker Lucie Viver and produced by Eugénie Michel-Villette. The film revolves around the young poet Bikontine who starts a journery from South to North after Burkina Faso's October 2014 popular uprising during the reign of former president Thomas Sankara. In 2021, the film won the Best History Documentary Prize at Benin City Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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