Wakis, chasseur d’arbres
Synopsis
Wakis, a lumberjack in the Central African Republic, works with his family collecting wood to process into charcoal. But faced with its increasing scarcity -and to avoid conflicts with his neighbours- he must hunt trees further and further away from his production site.
Credits
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Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Les Ateliers Varan
- Foreign production company : Alliance française de Bangui
Full credits (4)
- Screenwriter : Tanguy Djaka
- Editor : Pascale Appora-Gnekindy
- Sound recordists : Mahamat Benamou, Pascale Appora-Gnekindy, Aaron Koyasukpengo
- Camera Operator : Tanguy Djaka
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Portrait
- Themes : Environment, Family, Work
- Production language : Sango
- Coproducer countries : Central African Republic, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 50% French (Central African Republic, France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 29 min 50 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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