Film · Burkina Faso, Benin

Al Djanat, the Original Paradise

Directed by Chloé Aichä Leterrier Boro · Bambara · 2023 · 84 min

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.