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Al Djanat, the Original Paradise

9.0/ 1020231h 24m

Documentary

The death of a Burkinabé family’s patriarch and the division of his estate unearths conflict between his heirs and larger questions about inheritance, belonging and the communal customs of West Africa versus Westernized courts.

Directed by Chloé Aichä Leterrier Boro

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