a year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 a section Competitive selection Out of competition Fipatel a category Drama Series and Serials Creative Documentaries Reportage and Current Affairs Performing Arts Short Programs

What is so special about the Ouagadougou Detention Center and Reformatory is its organization: 750 inmates are left to themselves in a building designed for 400, under the authority of an inmate dubbed the "yard chief," who is a cog in the wheel controlled by prison authorities. Thus a traditional chieftainship exists, reproducing the tribal and village hierarchy. What rules and means do they use to make 750 "criminals" accept their inhuman detention conditions? What face of African society do they show us? What is their rapport with the prison administration?

France - 2001 - 51 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Réalisation Philippe Berrier Scénario Philippe Berrier Image Philippe Berrier Son Philippe Berrier Montage Philippe Berrier

Production Gloria Films Production, 65, rue Montmartre, 75002 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4221 4211 Fax : +33 (0)1 4221 4331 E-mail : mel@gloriafilms.fr Co-Production Image Plus

Ventes ARTE France, 8 rue Marceau, 92785 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex 9, France Tél : +33 1 5500 7777 Fax : +33 1 5500 7700 E-mail : info@artefrance.fr