Étoile du matin / Morning star

In the name of “devel­op­ment”, the trawlers loot “their” sea, and this aus­tralian min­ing project is a new curse. To keep courage, Edmond named his canoe : Aza Kivy (Let’s not give up ).

SYNOPSIS

"They want to dig us up, they want to rob you, to starve you, to make you thirsty, to poison you... be brave, we're fighting by your side !", here are the words that the Ancestors of the people of the sea could address to Edmond and to all those who fight against the installation of a gigantic mining in the South-West of Madagascar.
In the name of "development", the trawlers loot "their" sea, and this australian mining project is a new curse. To keep courage, Edmond named his canoe : Aza Kivy (Let's not give up ).

Theme(s) : , Colonialism, Environnement, Social struggle

DIRECTOR

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Nantenaina Lova

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

Nan­te­naina Lova was born in 1977 in Mada­gas­car. He left his island in 1999 and stud­ied social sci­ences and audio­vi­su­al in France and Reunion Island before join­ing the Toulouse Film School (ESAV). He cur­rent­ly divides his time between Mada­gas­car and Reunion Island.

CREDITS

Director | , Nantenaina Lova
Year | , 2020
Country | , Madagascar
Duration | 77 minutes
Original language | , French
Subtitles | , French
Formats |
Image | Nantenaina Lova
Sound | Bonhomme Elysée Randriamalala, Nantenaina Lova
Sound mixing | Julien Verstraete
Music | Remanindry
Editing | Nantenaina Lova
Production | Candy Felana Radifera, Eva Lova-Bély
Distribution | Eva Lova-Bély

CAREER

IDFA (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
FIPADOC (France)
Dok.Fest (Munich, Germany)
Vues d'Afrique (Montreal, Canada)
Cinémas d'Afrique (Angers, France)
Durban Film Festival

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