THE SIREN OF FASO FANI
synopsis
After it was shut down in 2001, the Faso Fani textile factory in Koudougou, Burkina Faso’s third-largest city, was left to rot. It probably figures in the World Bank and IMF archives as one more piece of collateral damage, yet another write-off in a West African sideshow. Michel Zongo, who grew up in Koudougou, reopens the case of this legendary factory. He visits relatives and former employees, including his uncle, who once owned a much admired modern cult object thanks to Faso Fani: one of the first refrigerators in town.
international title: | The Siren of Faso Fani |
original title: | La sirène de Faso Fani |
country: | Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Qatar |
sales agent: | Cinédoc Films |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Michel K. Zongo |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Michel K. Zongo, Christophe Cognet |
cinematography by: | Michel K. Zongo |
film editing: | François Sculier |
music: | Smokey |
producer: | Christian Lelong, Michel K. Zongo, Michael Bogar |
production: | Cinédoc Films, Perfect Shot Films, Diam Production |