Bintou

BINTOU bicycles from door to door, selling her clothes mostly to white expats who don't haggle over prices. She films her latest creations with a small camera, chats at the Internet café, and reenacts TV casting shows with her friends. The 24-year-old has high ambitions, but her 7-year-old daughter wants to live with her again. Will BINTOU succeed in balancing a fashion label, private life and raising children?

Keywords

  • Next Generation: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
  • Africa
  • family
  • fashion
  • women
  • work

Actors

  • Bintou Kagambega

Director

  • Simone Gaul

Documentary


1h 4min


16+

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Germany
2014
Far from the catwalks of the European fashion world, BINTOU runs a successful label in Burkina Faso.

Far from the catwalks of the European fashion world, BINTOU runs a successful label in Burkina Faso.


BINTOU bicycles from door to door, selling her clothes mostly to white expats who don't haggle over prices. She films her latest creations with a small camera, chats at the Internet café, and reenacts TV casting shows with her friends.


The 24-year-old has high ambitions, but her 7-year-old daughter wants to live with her again. Will BINTOU succeed in balancing a fashion label, private life and raising children?

Cast & Crew