Released
Makala
December 6 2017 (almost 7 years ago)Rating
68
Based on
10 reviews
- Director: Emmanuel Gras
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 1 h 37 m
- Country: France
- Companies: Bathysphere Productions, Ciné+, Canal+ International, Les Films du Losange, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Kabwita, a young man living with his wife and daughters in Kolwezi, a town in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, dreams of buying land to build a house. To do so, he produces charcoal (makala), extracted from the ashes of a mighty hardwood tree. Carrying the sacks of charcoal on the back of his bicycle, he embarks on a dangerous journey to sell them on the market.
