TALIBE – DVD
TALIBE – The Least Favored Children of Senegal
Director/Producer – Daniela Kon
DEEDA Productions 2011
57 min
Color & B/W DVD
Senegal/US
English/French/Wolof
Subtitled/English/French
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SYNOPSIS
The important tradition of Islamic education in Senegal has been left to develop in disturbingly perverted ways. 50.000 koranic students (Talibes), young boys between 4 and 15 years old are subjected to exploitation in conditions akin to slavery. They are forced to beg on the streets by their koranic schoolteachers and suffer severe physical abuse and neglect. Following the staff of local grassroots NGO La Maison de la Gare (MDG) in their efforts to combat this, the documentary sets out on a poetic exploration of the nature and circumstances that breed and prolong the suffering of the children.
SCREENINGS
Best Documentary (Intl. Movie Awards 2012)
Best Cinematography (Intl. Movie Awards 2012)
Award of Excellence (IFFSRV 2013)
The United Nations Assoc. Film Festival (USA, 2011)
Intl. Human Rights Film Festival – This Human World (Vienna 2011)
Intl. Human Rights Film Festival (Barcelona 2011)
Africa World Documentary Film Festival
(Cameroon, Nigeria 2012)
London Intl. Documentary Film Festival (LIDF 2012)
Festival Cinemas D’Afrique (Switzerland, 2012)
Intl. Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration, and Equality (Indonesia, 2012)
COMMFFEST Global Community Film Fesival (Canada, 2012)
African Bamba Human Rights Film and Arts Festival (Senegal, Dec. 2012)
Millenium Documentary Film Festival (Brussels, June 2013)
Kastav Film Festival (Croatia, June 2013)
International Film Festival for Spirituality, Religion, and Visionary (Indonesia, Nov. 2013)
Bristol Intl. Development Conference (Bristol University, 2012)
Columbia University – Human Rights Department (New York, 2012)
Meta House (Cambodia, 2012)
All Things Islam (Australia, 2012)
Islamic Education Center of Houston (USA, 2012)
Gettysburg College/Musselman Library (USA, 2012)
University of Yaounde (Cameroon, 2012)
Open Society Initiative for West Africa OSIWA (Senegal, 2012)
Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria, 2013)
French Culural Center St. Louis (Senegal, 2013)
Kingston University London (London, 2013)
RELATED LINKS
Human Rights Watch
La Maison De La Gare
Anti-Slavery International
SDGI
Empire Des Enfants
SamuSocial Senegal
CAINT/PPDH
Tostan
Speaking Engagement Request