The democracy that the first president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara, introduced was followed by almost three decades of dictatorship under Blaise Compaoré. With the inauguration of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in 2015, Burkina Faso finally has a democratically elected president again. According to rapper, poet and activist Serge Bambara, the country is now in a transitional period. Sankara's democratic ideals have received fresh impetus, but what does the hope for a working democracy mean when it has already been systematically destroyed in the past? As 'Smockey', Bambara records socially-conscious rap in line with his political activism. Uncertainty awaits Kaboré's presidency and Smockey monitors it all.
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Katy Lena Ndiaye Director · Geoffroy Cernaix Editor
First release March 15, 2019 · Produced in Belgium, Burkina Faso, Senegal · Production Indigo Mood Films, Semfilms
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Africalia
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Indigo Mood Films
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Semfilms
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Belgium · Burkina Faso · Senegal
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Original title
On a le temps pour nous
Original language
French
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French
Release dates
Burkina Faso · March 15, 2019
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Belgium · December 4, 2019
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Netherlands
January 1, 2020 · International Film Festival Rotterdam
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