Source: http://planetinfocus.org/festival/sounds-of-sand
Water is life!
A dire shortage of water leads the people of a sub-Saharan village to pack up their goats and cattle and head off across the sands in search of a more dependable source. Traveling without a map, village school teacher Rahne (Issaka Sawadogo) makes the courageous decision to go east with his wife Mouna (Carole Karemera Umulinga, – HBO’s Sometimes in April, 2005) and their three small children.
Sounds of Sand is a dramatic tale of exodus, survival and hope. It is also a parable about determination that brings us into the footsteps of Shasha. Shasha is a nomad child full of the joys of life, whose tenacity and strength will conquer her father’s love when everything else seems lost. The film is based on the novel Chamelle by Marc Durin-Valois.
Marion Hänsel was born in 1949 in Marseille and grew up in Antwerp. She set up her own company, “Man’s Films” in 1977, in order to make her first short film.
The Bed was her first feature film. In 1987, Marion Hänsel was named Belgian “Woman of the Year”. From 1988 until 1990, she was elected President of the French Community Film Selection Board. She was re-elected as President in 1996-1997 and in 2002-2003.
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