Film

School of Hope

2020 · 1h 18m · Documentary

In the vast expanse of desert East of Atlas Mountains in Morocco, seasonal rain and snow once supported livestock, but now the drought seems to never end. Hardly a blade of grass can be seen, and families travel miles on foot to get water from a muddy hole in the ground. Yet the children willingly ride donkeys and bicycles or walk for miles across rocks to a "school of hope" built of clay. Following both the students and the teachers in the Oulad Boukais Tribe's community school for over three years, SCHOOL OF HOPE shows students Mohamed, Miloud, Fatima, and their classmates, responding with childish glee to the school's altruistic young teacher, Mohamed. Each child faces individual obstacles - supporting their aging parents; avoiding restrictions from relatives based on traditional gender roles - while their young teacher makes do in a house with no electricity or water.

• Mohamed El AboudiDirector · Editor · Writer
• Pertti VeijalainenProducer
• Lamia ChraibiProducer
• Hind SaïhProducer
• Lizi GelberEditor
• Mikko SippolaEditor
• Florence BressonEditor

Release date

December 31, 2020

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary

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