DEBO BAMTARE

(IT, 2019, 4K, 52’)

Debo Bamtare, in pulaar one of the Senegalese national languages, means “woman as vector of development, of change”. This premise is the core of the video reportage filmed in November 2018 by H12 FILM to describe the role of women in the contemporary Senegalese society. The documentary follows an ordinary day of a young girl in a rural village in Sahel. The school education, the difficult access to health care, the family traditions, the industriousness of a community for self-support, the prospects for economic emancipation, the role of women in a changing society. The doc is enriched by interviews with rural population, women entrepreneurs, local authorities, health personnel, UN international agencies, NGOs, ministries and various associations active in the area. The project was supported by European funds and the involvement of an international cooperation network.

The Debo Bamtare project The woman with development vectors forms part of the "Frame Voice Report!", promoted by the Piedmontese NGO Consortium and funded by the European Union. This documentary was made with the financial contribution of the European Union. The content of this document is the sole responsibility of A Proposed of Other Worlds and does not reflect the position of the European Union.