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The Waste Commons (2025)
Directed by Rosalind Fredericks, Sarita West
Documentary · 1h 01m
The Waste Commons reveals the intricate lifeworlds and recycling networks built by waste pickers since 1968 at Dakar’s dump, Mbeubeuss. Adja and Zidane, two waste pickers who are emerging as leaders contesting the erasure of their community, guide us through the dump’s material, social, and spiritual worlds.
Crew
- Director
- Rosalind Fredericks, Sarita West
- Original Music Composer
- Pape Armand Boye
- Editor
- Evelyn Franks
- Producer
- Mamadou Dia, Maba Ba
Details
- Original title
- De l’ordure à l'or dur
- Release date
- 2025-03-21
- Runtime
- 1h 01m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Wolof