The film "Bamako" wants to change our view of Africa

For his film 'Bamako', the Mauritanian film-maker Abderrahmane Sissako imagines a trial between Africa and the international money lenders. He explains in an interview with Dominique Widemann why Europeans should change their perspective on illegal immigration. "I would like the film to overcome ignorance. The EU response strikes me as paradoxical with the building of barriers that will never suffice. Men and women risk their lives embarking on pirogues that will float for endless days and nights between big ships. They end up stranded in the fishiest waters, amid the indifference of Europe, by the Spanish coast. Anyone who has enough to eat does not leave like that, simply because some lights are twinkling somewhere in the distance."

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