Burkina Faso / 2005 / 90mins / Drama / Mooré and French

In some parts of West Africa, women accused of witchcraft are torn from their families and banished to witch villages where they remain for the rest of their lives. Delwende is based on a true story about a woman driven out of her village after being wrongly accused of being a witch. On hearing the plight of her mother, Pogoubila travels to Ougadougou in search of her, determined to expose the hidden family secrets and clear her mother's name. Like Sembène's Moolaadé, this is a story of a mother and daughter that focuses on the human costs of traditional practices and women's struggle for justice. A sensitively crafted human drama is told in the evocative music and voice of the Senegalese artist Wasis Diop.

Saint Pierre Yaméogo

Saint Pierre Yaméogo was born in 1955 in Koudougou, Burkina Faso. His first feature film, Laafi, was selected in 1991 for the Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Film Festival. Wendemi, his second feature film, was awarded a prize at FESPACO 1993 and selected for the Cannes Un Certain Regard section. Yaméogo divided his time between Ouagadougou and Paris, where he created his own production company, Dunia Production. Dunia produced films by various African filmmakers including Dani Kouyate, Guy Désiré Yaméogo, and Missa Hebie. Saint Pierre Yaméogo passed away in April 2019 at the age of 63 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Learn More