Anger in the Wind
Film
by Amina Weira
Details
Niger / 2016 / 54mins / Documentary / Haoussa and Tamasheq
In this intimate approach to broader ethical and environmental issues posed by foreign companies extracting uranium in northern Niger, filmmaker Amina Weira turns her lens onto her father who recalls his 35 years as a mineworker while connecting her with other miners who detail perils they faced in the quarries. As Weira contemplates how sweeping winds dust radioactive substances over her hometown of Arlit and its uninformed inhabitants, she soberly reveals the calamitous impacts of French nuclear energy giant AREVA’s long-unchecked exploitation.
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About the Director
Amina Weira
Born in Arlit, Niger, in 1988, Amina Weira studied documentary filmmaking at the University of Niamey and at the University of Saint Louis, Senegal. Her short documentary film, C’est Possible, has been selected in many festivals including Cinéma d’Afrique Lausanne, Caméra des champs and Rencontres Sobaté Ouagadougou, among others. Amina is also a film editor and assistant director and worked on the film Koukan Kourcia, les Médiatrices by Sani Magori. La Colère dans le Vent (Anger in the Wind) is her first feature-length documentary. Learn More
