Aqua

Credits

Name: Aqua

Country: Senegal

Year of publication: 1989/90

Format: 16 mm

Color: color

Language : Ohne Worte

Duration: 11 Minuten

Direction: Ndiaye, Samba Félix

Screenplay: Ndiaye, Samba Félix

Camera: Lev, Long

Editing: Ndiaye, Samba Félix; Lev, Long

Sound: Cissokho, Alioune Badara

Abstract

Amadou catches small fish in the lake near Dakar. He puts them into thrown-away bottles to make aquariums.

The first short films come from the series LE TRÉSOR DES POUBELLES by Samba Felix Ndiaye, one of West Africa’s most important cineastas. They portray people who eke out a living by repurposing rubbish and create new everyday objects using their vivid imaginations – using glass bottles and water in AQUA, and using old tar barrels in LES MALLES.

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