Ouaga Girls

Documentary, 1 h 22 minutes
2017

A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girl school to become auto mechanics. The classmates become their port of safety, joy and sisterhood, all while they are going through the life changing transition into becoming adults in a country boiling with political changes.

Info & Credits

Directed by
Theresa Traore Dahlberg
Produced by
David Herdies
Co-produced by
Estelle Robin You/Les films du balibari (FRA)
Saïdou Richard Traore/Seydoni Burkina S.A (BF)
Film Väst (SWE)
Cinematography by
Iga Mikler/Sophie Winqvist
Edited by
Alexandra Strauss
Margareta Lagerqvist
Original Score
Christoffer Roth
Seydou Richard Traore
Jenny Wilson
Sound design
Erik Bjerknes
Color grade
Hector Mora
Genre
Documentary
Co-production countries
Sweden, Burkina Faso, France & Qatar
With development support from
The Swedish Film Institute/Antonio Russo Merenda & Cecilia Lidin, Nordisk Film & TV Fund, Doha Film Institute, Aide aux cinémas du monde – Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée & French Institute, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Reaktor Sydost & Filmbasen.
Developed with support from
the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
In association with
SVT, DR, VPRO, YLE, AfriDocs
World Sales and Festivals
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