Above Water (Marcher Sur L’eau)

Documentary | 89 min

2021

At the venue

From one end of the globe to the other, water is becoming increasingly scarce. Houlaye, 12 years old, lives in a village in Tatis, Niger. She walks several kilometers every day to fetch water. It is abundant during the rainy season, but not found during the dry season. However, two hundred meters below 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.

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Director
Aïssa Maiga

Country(s)
France

Production
Yves Darondeau, Emmanuel Priou

DOP
Rousslan Dion

Editing
Isabelle Devinck, Linda Attab Apenouvon

Director: Aïssa Maiga

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Above Water (Marcher Sur L’eau)

Documentary | 89 min

2021

At the venue

From one end of the globe to the other, water is becoming increasingly scarce. Houlaye, 12 years old, lives in a village in Tatis, Niger. She walks several kilometers every day to fetch water. It is abundant during the rainy season, but not found during the dry season. However, two hundred meters below 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.

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Director
Aïssa Maiga

Country(s)
France

Production
Yves Darondeau, Emmanuel Priou

DOP
Rousslan Dion

Editing
Isabelle Devinck, Linda Attab Apenouvon

Director: Aïssa Maiga

Rate the Movie

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