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Infertility affects thousands of women across Senegal, yet the subject is deeply taboo. In this ground-breaking documentary, Jane Labous meets those fighting societal pressures in this West African country, where the infertile are said to be affected by les anges (‘bad spirits’) and where a new generation of career women is leaving it later to have children.
Angels (2018)
Written and Directed by: Jane Labous
Camera: Shona Hamilton, James Labous
Producers: Jane Labous, Idrissa Ndiaye
Lead Cast: Mami Sow (Reïssa), Ndim (as herself)
Casting Director: Idrissa Ndiaye
Editors: Shona Hamilton, James Labous
Colourist: John McMullin
Runner : Moussa Ndiaye
Wolof translation: Adele Mbaye, Idrissa Ndiaye
The Angels documentary project was funded by the European Journalism Centre (EJC), via its Innovation in Development Reporting Grant Programme
• Find out more about the documentary here.
• A crowdfunding campaign to help Ndim raise money for her fibroids operation can be found here.
Read the full story in the January 2019 issue of Geographical, available now
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