Kalala

A quiet, heartfelt tribute that turns personal loss into a meditative reckoning with memory and mortality.

Directed by

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Genres

Documentary

Overview

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun lost his close friend and collaborator Hissein Djibrine (nicknamed 'Kalala' after the Congolese footballer) to Aids in 2003. he returned to Chad to make this personal, cathartic documentary as an expression of his grief to unravel the facts about Kalala's death and to honour his memory.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, bleak and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Grief, memory, death, friendship

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

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