Film
Sankara's Orphans
2023 · 1h 24m · Documentary
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Overview
Thomas Sankara came to power in Burkina Faso in 1983, with the promise of a revolutionary government that would transform the West African country. To help build the revolution, he sent 600 children — many orphans from rural areas — to be educated in Cuba. But after Sankara’s assassination, the children were stranded. The last would only return to Burkina Faso in 2005. SANKARA’S ORPHANS tells their stories through interviews with some of the 600, along with archival footage of their lives on Cuba’s Isle of Youth — where both Sankara and Fidel Castro came to visit. Along with their education, the children worked in the fields and received weapons training. This, combined with their idealism, frightened the new Burkina Faso regime, which worried they might return and take up arms.
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Crew
- Géraldine BergerDirector · Writer
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 8, 2023
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Documentary
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