2020 Edition

Time is on Our Side

Time is on Our Side

Section: Long Documentaires​

Country: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Belgium

Production Year: 2019

Duration: 67 minutes

Director: Katy Léna N'diaye

Producer: Dorine Rurashitse

Screenplay: Katy Léna N'diaye

Cinematographer: Laszlo Bottiglieri

Editor: Geoffroy Cernaix

Synopsis: Burkina Faso, October 2014. What no one had dreamed of is happening. The citizens peacefully oust the man who thought of himself as president for life, Blaise Compaoré. Rapper Serge Bambara, aka Smokey, was among the insurgents. He is considered today as one of the architects of this political change. Time is on Our Side immerses us in the daily life of the iconic rapper.