Azzel

197928 min 29 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Guy L. Coté

Production: Peter HollanderPeter McCawJ.-P. Olivier Fougères

Script: Marthe Blackburn

Co-produced by the NFB and the World Food Program of the United Nations (Food and Agriculture Organization).

Azzel is the name of one of the first schools for nomads opened by the Niger Department of National Education. The film describes the traditional nomadic lifestyle of the Tuareg and the changes brought about in the lives of the children attending the government-run boarding schools.

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  • Developing Countries > Africa - West AfricaEducationFamily LifeIndigenous peoplesInternational Development and Service AgenciesYouth
  • Education > Child EducationForeign Countries
  • Food and Food Industries > Food HabitsForeign AidSocial Agencies and Programs
  • Social Studies > Communities in Canada/World
  • Media Education > Film and Video Production
  • Geography > Human Geography
  • Health/Personal Development > Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution

Credits


director
Guy L. Coté
producer
Peter Hollander
Peter McCaw
J.-P. Olivier Fougères
commentary
Marthe Blackburn
photography
Roger Rochat
sound
Yves Gendron
sound editing
Gilles Quintal
Alain Sauvé
re-recording
Hans Peter Strobl
Adrian Croll
narrator
Ousseynou Diop