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Has God Forsaken Africa?

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Has God Forsaken Africa?
Directed byMusa Dieng Kala
Screenplay byMusa Dieng Kala
Produced byColette Loumède
Christian Medawar
CinematographyAlex Margineanu
Edited byMarie Hamelin
Music byMusa Dieng Kala
Production
company
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
52 minutes
CountryCanada

Has God Forsaken Africa? (original French title: Dieu a-t-il quitté l’Afrique?) is a Canadian 2008 documentary film.

Synopsis

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Brussels, August 1999. Two teenagers from Guinea are found dead in the landing gear of a plane arriving from Conakry. Each year, thousands of young Africans risk their lives to flee the African continent. Shocked by this phenomenon, the Senegalese-born director Musa Dieng Kala returns to Dakar to try to understand why they do it. He films five young adults seeking to immigrate to the West at any cost reflecting the international indifference, the indifference of the African leaders and a society with no resources.

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References

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  1. ^ "Has God Forsaken Africa?". Our Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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