THE DESTINY OF A FEMALE TRUCK DRIVERYssouf Koussé, Burkina Faso, 2023
SYNOPSIS
Massata Cissé, the only female truck driver in Burkina Faso for the past 30 years, travels through the ports and markets of neighboring countries at the wheel of a semi-trailer truck. At 59, driving has become her passion and her companion. Without social security coverage, her only hope is to own her own truck and establish a business so she can continue earning a living after retirement.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Yssouf Koussé has participated in several writing residencies across the continent. He produced and co-directed the 52-minute documentary Avant l’audience, which won the Best Burkinabe Film Award at the Ciné Droit Libre Festival in 2014. His latest work is the feature-length documentary The Destiny of a Female Truck Driver.