Synopsis
André and Albert are two young Aka from the south of the Central African Republic. They are one of the few in their community to have an education. André and Albert have a dream: to enroll camp children in a real school. To finance their venture, they are counting on the next harvest of makongo (caterpillars).
A word from Tënk
The strength of this debut film lies in the perspective of an African filmmaker on the realities of his country and on a people marginalized by the rest of Central African society: the Aka. The film follows the daily struggles of André and Albert, who show unwavering determination to continue their studies and help young children attend school. Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino accompanies them through the hardships of their journey and their setbacks. No matter the humiliations they endure, the filmmaker’s gaze never turns away; instead, he chooses to bear witness and remain close to those he films. This sensitive and restrained first film, free from any sentimental pity, manages to capture—in a gesture or the expression on a face—what is at stake in the battered lives of these people, and to carry forward the fight of an entire community.
Maïté Peltier
Head of Programming
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