Recent Films. Aïssata Ouarma: Stay up | Reste debout

Aïssata Ouarma
Stay up | Reste debout
Documentary
Burkina Faso
2021
38min

 

Mariam was raped at the age of five, thirteen and sixteen by men she knew well, two of them relatives. The crimes were committed in her home country of Mali. Within an inspirational dance troupe which places as much emphasis on verbal expression as on bodily movement, the gentle but tough, and pregnant, Mariam is able to deal with her inner trauma. “With dance and movement everything is open...”
(Source: Interview with Nick Cunningham - https://businessdoceurope.com/doclisboa-dok-leipzig-interview)

 

 

 

Links on Blog
 

Aissata Ouarma: Stay up | Reste debout 

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2021/10/aissata-ouarma-stay-up-reste-debout.html
 

Aissata Ouarma : Les silences de Lydie | Lydie's silence
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2018/06/mis-me-binga-2018-aissata-ouarma-les.html
 

Aissata Ouarma : The Silence of Others
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/10/aissata-ouarma-silence-of-others.html