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Farewell to Africa
Farewell to Africa

FAREWELL TO AFRICA

Adieu à l'Afrique

Directed by Pierre-Alain Meier
Switzerland, 2017
Documentary

Synopsis

In 2009, the bodies of dozens of migrants, who had been trying to reach Europe via the Canary Islands, were washed up by ocean currents onto a beach in Mauritania. Among these bodies was that of a young white woman. Intrigued by this incident, eight years later, the filmmaker returns to Senegal.

Synopsis

In 2009, the bodies of dozens of migrants, who had been trying to reach Europe via the Canary Islands, were washed up by ocean currents onto a beach in Mauritania. Among these bodies was that of a young white woman. Intrigued by this incident, eight years later, the filmmaker returns to Senegal.