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SANKARA'S ORPHANS
(Les Orphelins de Sankara)
Organised in partnership with North London Cuba Solidarity Campaign
a film by Géraldine Berger
In 1986, 600 orphans and rural children from Burkina-Faso were sent to Cuba with the mission of learning a trade so they could come back and develop their country, which was undergoing a Revolution. But after the assassination in 1987 of President Thomas Sankara, the liquidation of the Revolution by Blaise Compaoré and the end of the Cold War, how were they to return, to build themselves, to exist? The narrative of this utopia of Red Africa and the epic memories of these children are mixed with the archive images, sometimes reddened by the sand, the heat and the wind, sometimes faded, almost disappearing, thus giving us to see the reminiscences of their revolutionary youth.
This page is to obtain access to the broadcast of this Sands Films Cinema Club presentation
To attend in person in our cinema, please CLICK HERE
*
SANKARA'S ORPHANS
(Les Orphelins de Sankara)
Organised in partnership with North London Cuba Solidarity Campaign
a film by Géraldine Berger
In 1986, 600 orphans and rural children from Burkina-Faso were sent to Cuba with the mission of learning a trade so they could come back and develop their country, which was undergoing a Revolution. But after the assassination in 1987 of President Thomas Sankara, the liquidation of the Revolution by Blaise Compaoré and the end of the Cold War, how were they to return, to build themselves, to exist? The narrative of this utopia of Red Africa and the epic memories of these children are mixed with the archive images, sometimes reddened by the sand, the heat and the wind, sometimes faded, almost disappearing, thus giving us to see the reminiscences of their revolutionary youth.