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Chad: Mapping the Future

25 min

A quiet, urgent documentary that immerses you in a harsh landscape and the patient work of mapping it with communities.

Directed by: Julien Dubois, Sébastien Mesquida
Genres: Documentary

Tagline: Chad: Mapping the Future
Overview: Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is a cartographer and activist from the Fulbe people in Chad. Land and water are becoming scarce as desertification advances in the Sahel region at a rate of 4km every year. That's why she travels all over the country to draw maps with the people, to prevent conflict linked to depleting resources.

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Directed by: Julien Dubois, Sébastien Mesquida
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: environment
survival
class
politics
trauma
Places: countryside
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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