BRAVO, BURKINA!

USA 2023 - DCP - 64 minutes, in Italian and Moré with English subtitles

Director, Screenplay, Print Courtesy: Walé Oyéjidé

Producers: Giulia Alagana, Heather Barnes

Cast: Hafissata Coulibaly, Aissata Deme, Mousty Mbaye, Noël Minoungou, Alain Tiendrebeogo

A young Burkinabe boy traverses his community aimlessly, daydreaming about the world outside his small village. Years later we find him full grown, living and working as a migrant in Italy, cut off from his past. When he meets a Burkinabe woman also seeking asylum, their blossoming romance ignites a long repressed desire for home and the family and way of life he left behind. In this imaginative and incredibly style-forward debut feature, filmmaker Walé Oyéjidé works to encapsulate the painful feeling of being pulled in two distinct directions. Past versus future, tradition versus modernity, home versus away: Bravo, Burkina! wrestles with these contradictions inherent to the migrant experience, harnessing the magic, poetry, yearning, and sorrow that manifest in the spaces between. A hit at Sundance where it premiered in the NEXT section, Bravo, Burkina! is a truly distinct, deeply felt cinematic vision—don’t miss out! —SR Sponsored by Pat Clark

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