“Above Water” / “Marcher sur l’eau” (Orange Studio) screening followed by Q&A with award-winning French film director Aïssa Maïga.
Event is open to the public, and registration is mandatory.
Discussion moderated by Stéphanie Boulard.
Location: The Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tech, 875 West Peachtree Street Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30309
Synopsis: From one end of the globe to the other, water is becoming increasingly scarce. For a billion people, access to safe drinking water is almost non-existent... a crisis with huge consequences. As a result, millions of families spend their lives trying to get access to water. Houlaye, 12 years-old, lives in a village in Tatiste, Niger. She walks for several kilometers every day to fetch water. It is abundant during rainy season, but not found during the dry season. However, two hundred meters below the surface, there is a water source that goes far beyond their imagination. Houlaye’s aunt Suri convinced an NGO to build a well in the village, it is the promise of a new life for those men and women who, unknowingly, had been walking on water forever.
Aïssa Maïga is a Senegal-born French actress, director, writer, and producer. Aïssa Maïga has worked with major auteurs like Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako and Michel Gondry, and recently starred in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut. She has won or been nominated for a number of prestigious prizes, including a Best Newcomer César (French Oscar) nomination in 2007 for Bamako (The Court) (2006) and the Best Actress Prize in 2009 at the Bastia Film Festival for Black and White (2008) by Italian director Cristina Comencini.
This event is hosted by the Global Media Festival at Georgia Tech and cosponsored by The School of Modern Languages and SLS program at Georgia Institute of Technology, Villa Albertine, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and Unifrance.
WATCH THE TRAILER FOR “ABOVE WATER”/”MARCHER SUR L’EAU” (ORANGE STUDIO):