Bakoroman (2011)

Leaving one's family at 7, 12 or 16 years old. Taking up residence in front of a shop, in a video store, outside a bus station. Learning to do drugs, beg, steal, flee, and fight. Making friends and enemies. Integrating into a new world. Five Bakoroman on the road from their village to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital city, in pursuit of a better life.

Released

2011-08-21

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

62 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Simplice Herman Ganou