Film detail | Tall As the Baobab Tree

Grand comme le Baobab


Panorama




Countries: Senegal, U.S.A.
Language: Pulaar
Subtitles: Anglické, české
Directed by: Jeremy Teicher
Year: 2012
Length: 82`
Rating: 13
Director of Photography: Chris Collins
Music: Jay Wadley
Edited by: Sophie Marshall

Synopsis: Coumba and her little sister Debo are the first to leave their family's remote African village, where meals are prepared over open fires and water is drawn from wells, to attend school in the bustling city. But when an accident suddenly threatens their family's survival, their father decides to sell 11-year-old Debo into an arranged marriage. Torn between loyalty to her elders and her dreams for the future, Coumba hatches a secret plan to rescue her young sister from a fate she did not choose. The movie was shot on location in a rural Senegalese village without electricity and features local villagers playing roles that mirror their actual lives. It is the first international feature film in the colloquial Pulaar language.

Jeremy Teicher: Jeremy Teicher (1988) is a fledgling American director. He graduated in film studies, theater and English studies from Dartmouth College. During his studies he made the short documentary film This Is Us: Video Stories from Senegalese Youth (2010), about young people from Senegal, which gave him the inspiration to make his successful and award-winning feature debut Tall as the Baobab Tree (2012). Teicher is also the author of the short comedy Foursquare Day (2010).

Where and when Tall As the Baobab Tree is screened

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Golden Apple Cinema, č. 6May 27th at 17:50N/A

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