see also
original title:
Couscous Island
directed by:
cast:
Augustin Dioh, Anna Ndiaye, Elisabeth Ndong, Karim Sall, Louise Sarr, Cyprien Sène
cinematography:
editing:
production:
Fondazione Slow Food, Bodà, co-funded by the European Union
country:
Italy
year:
2012
film run:
27'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (18/01/2013)
festivals & awards:
Louise lives with Rick and Joe, her grandchildren aged 3 and 4 years. Louise, Ana,
Elisabeth, Jeneba are the women of the Fadiouth island millet coucous Presidium.
The community is Catholic and Muslim, but women share the meeting places, religious
celebrations and live in mutual respect. They work together in a traditional way from
seeding the millet in the land of baobabs till to washing it in the sea water.
The meeting between sea and land characterizes the traditional food of this small island at
south of Dakar, in the middle of a lagoon fed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and
populated by mangroves.