Taxi to Africa
A documentary film by Reinhild Dettmer-Finke & Matthias Erbacher
2002, 52 Min./45 Min./30 Min., defi-filmproduktion & M. Schlömer Filmproduktion for Arte/WDR/SWR
Boubacar Diarra works as a professional soccer player in Germany. He has purchased two, used transporter vans to be brought from Freiburg, Germany to Bamako in Mali. There the vans are to be used as taxis to provide economic livelihood for the family.
The film "Taxi to Africa" follows the adventurous journey of the transported vehicles and reveals the different worlds of this soccer player.
Crew
Camera: Jean-Claude Ventalon
Sound/Editor: Mike Schlömer
Press comments
This is not a pure sports film, but rather an attempt at showing the two worlds of an African soccer player.
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The filmmakers cleverly kicked this cross-cultural double-pass.
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