Film

Au centre de la terre, des puits et des hommes

At the Center of Earth, of Wells and Men
Al centro della terra, dei pozzi e degli uomini

The film is about desertification, difficult access to water, the impact of these problems on a nomad community of animal breeders. A man at the edge of a well, wearing a rudimentary harness and holding a camera, is let down 126 m into the well where he meets two other men who work at the bottom of the well. This is the world of the traditional welldiggers of Niger. Through interviews with the foreman and the workers, the film documents the skills these men employ to reach the water down deep beneath the sand.

Il regista / The Director

Ingrid Paletta (b. southeast France) grew up in South America and the Caribbean. After studying advertising in Porto Rico, and earning a masters in public Communications in New York, she worked in the U.S. for 5 years as production assistant, camerawoman, and film editor for documentaries, trailers and fiction films. Between 2006 and 2009 she lived in Niger where she founded her audiovisual production company, for which she has directed and edited institutional videos, documentaries and video clips filmed in Niger, Burkina Faso and Madagascar.

Edizione 2009
Concorso Internazionale Cortometraggi /International Short Film Competition

documentario
Niger, 2008, 25'

REGIA/DIRECTOR
Ingrid Patetta

TAGS:
Acqua/Water, Desertificazione/Desertification, Niger