"Africas: What About the Pain?", by Raymond Depardon (France)

*AFRICAS: WHAT ABOUT THE PAIN?*	France

Director Raymond Depardon traveled throughout Africa for three years from July, 1993 until February, 1996, capturing images of the continent and registering details of all the places through which he travelled. This documentary shows Africa from our days: unique, discrete and divided. It is a kind of film diary, obtained by a single person with microphone coupled to camera to collect statements and information about each place. Hunger in Somalia, AIDS in Kingali, the refugee camps in Ruanda, the sleeping volcanoes of Natron, a sumptuous cassino, a Brazilian café in Egypt. These are some of the sites recorded by the director with scenes divided between social problems and the beauty of the landscapes.

Director

DIRECTOR:	Raymond Depardon
SCREENPLAY:	Raymond Depardon
EDITION:	Roger Ikhlef
FESTIVALS:	Berlim
PRODUCTION:	Palmeraie et Désert, Canal +
WORLD SALES:	Gemaci 93, 28, Alée Vivaldi, F - 75012, Paris Tel. 00 33 1 4002-0911 Fax: 00 33 1 4002-0940
ORIGINAL TITLE:	Afriques: Commnet ça Va Avec la Douleur?
	Col., 165 min., 1997

Born in Villefranche- sur-Saône in 1942. Photographer and correspondent for international agencies. In 1963 he filmed Venezuela, the first of an excepcional series of documentaries that includes San Clemente and Fait Divers. In 1990, he made his first fiction film, La Captive Du Desert.