Sankara Is Not Dead (2019)

• 66%
• 2019
• Dokumentarfilm

After Burkina Faso's October 2014 popular uprising, the young poet Bikontine starts to frage, his dreams of seeking a better life in the West. He decides to go meet his fellow citizens along the country's only-rail-line. From South to North, through cities and villages, he learns about their dreams and disappointments, confronting his poetry with the realities of a rapidly shifting society. His journey ultimately reveals the enduring political legacy of storied former president Thomas Sankara, assassinated in 1987 and known as the "African Che Guevara.