Chloé-Aïcha BORO, Burkina Faso, 2024
SYNOPSIS
In Burkina Faso, against the backdrop of advancing jihadist forces, Natie, a troubled teenager, discovers that her grandmother married a man she did not love. In her quest to mend her grandmother’s shattered destiny, Natie hopes to find herself as well. But will she succeed in achieving her own emancipation?
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Chloé-Aïcha BORO, a Burkinabe director and producer, began her career as a journalist. In 2019, she won the Golden Stallion for Best Documentary at FESPACO with The Golden Wolf of Balolé, followed by the 2021 Francophone Trophy. Her latest feature-length documentary, Al Djanat, received the Encounters Al Jazeera Documentary Prize in South Africa and the Major Docs Balearic Islands and FICAA awards in Argentina in 2024.