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Makala (2017)
Directed by Emmanuel Gras
Documentary · 1h 37m
Kabwita, a young man living with his wife and daughters in Kolwezi, a town in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, dreams of buying land to build a house. To do so, he produces charcoal (makala), extracted from the ashes of a mighty hardwood tree. Carrying the sacks of charcoal on the back of his bicycle, he embarks on a dangerous journey to sell them on the market.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Emmanuel Gras
- Writer
- Emmanuel Gras
- Director of Photography
- Emmanuel Gras
- Original Music Composer
- Gaspar Claus
- Editor
- Karen Benainous
- Producer
- Nicolas Anthomé
Details
- Release date
- 2017-12-06
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Swahili
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Bathysphere Productions, Ciné+, Canal+ International, Les Films du Losange, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes