Issaka COMPAORÉ, Burkina Faso, 2024
SYNOPSIS:
Yacouba SAWADOGO has fought against desertification in the Sahel for decades using ancestral techniques. He successfully halted the advance of the desert and transformed arid lands into fertile, cultivable fields.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY:
Issaka COMPAORÉ studied cinema in Paris. He began his career as an assistant and production manager for Pierre Yaméogo at Dunia Production. Currently the manager of Sahel Films Production (SAFIPRO), he has worked on numerous fiction and documentary films, including Le Noma, Magie noire et ballon rond, Naître sain malgré le VIH, Yayi Bayam, and Médecins corrompus.