In the film Story of Sand (2004) by Hyacinthe Combari

Karine Bertrand

Karine Bertrand is a phd student in film studies at the University of Montreal (Canada). His research interests focus on the native canadian cinemas. She has also directed several short films, documentaries during the world social Forum in Dakar in 2011.

Through a thematic analysis, and aesthetics of the documentary short film Story of Sand (2004) by Hyacinthe Combari, this presentation will explain how the memory of a group may be saved by individuals ; here a man from Burkina Faso who has left their native country to live in the west. Then, how the word is used as one of the essential ways of telling the story, through the progressive deployment of intercultural dialogue, which draws a common memory. Finally, on a formal and technical, how the editing creates a space — time which contributes to abolish the borders between these two rural ?