ABOVE WATER
by Aïssa Maïga
synopsis
From one end of the globe to the other, water is becoming increasingly scarce. For a billion people, access to safe drinking water is almost non-existent… a crisis with huge consequences. As a result, millions of families spend their lives trying to get access to water. Houlaye, 12 years-old, lives in a village in Tatis, Niger. She walks for several kilometers every day to fetch water. It is abundant during rainy season, but not found during the dry season. However, two hundred meters bellow the surface, there is a water source that goes far beyond their imagination. Houlaye’s aunt Suri convinced an NGO to build a well in the village, It is the promise of a new life for those men and women who, unknowingly, had been walking on water forever.
international title: | Above Water |
original title: | Marcher sur l’eau |
country: | France, Belgium |
sales agent: | Orange Studio |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Aïssa Maïga |
film run: | 89' |
release date: | FR 10/11/2021 |
screenplay: | Aïssa Maïga, Ariane Kirtley |
cinematography by: | Rousslan Dion |
film editing: | Isabelle Devinck, Linda Attab |
music: | Uèle Lamore |
producer: | Yves Darondeau, Emmanuel Priou |
co-producer: | Raphael Perchet, Jean-François Camilleri, Serge Hayat |
executive producer: | Yves Darondeau, Emmanuel Priou |
production: | Bonne Pioche, Echo Studio, France 3 Cinéma, Panache Productions, La Compagnie Cinématographique |
distributor: | Les Films du Losange |