WHERE ZEBUS SPEAK FRENCH

Credits

Name: WHERE ZEBUS SPEAK FRENCH

Country: Madagaskar/FR/D/Burkina Faso

Year of publication: 2023

Format: DCP

Color: color

Language : OmeU

Duration: 103 Minuten

Series: 21. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Lova, Nantenaina

Abstract

Not far from Antananarivo, the inhabitants of the village of Sitabaomba are threatened with eviction. The fertile land on which they live and work is now coveted by the ruling class, multinationals and foreign investors. Filmmaker Nantenaina Lova follows the struggle of the villagers to defend their farmland over several years. The documentary WHERE ZEBUS SPEAK FRENCH reveals the struggle against neo-colonialism and corruption in a country where the legacy of colonialism runs so deep that even the local draught animals - the zebus - have learned to take their orders in French.