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WHEN HARMATTAN BLOWS

POLISH TITLE: GDY POWIEJE HARMATTAN

Barbara is 25 and lives in Accra. As an 8-year-old girl, she shared the fate of thousands of Ghanaian children who were forced into slave labour by their own parents. For years, day in day out, she had to live in the world filled with abuse, violence and fear. She survived thanks to the help of her eldest brother and her friend, father Piotr. Later, despite the trauma suffered, she financially supported her entire family. However, when their expectations start rising, Barbara and her brother decide to go home. This visit is also an excuse for Barbara to ask her parents some questions that have bothered her for her entire life.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
80'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Edyta Wróblewska
SCRIPT:
Edyta Wróblewska
DOP:
Marcin Sauter
EDITOR:
Anna Garncarczyk
MUSIC:
Paweł Bartnik, Olgierd Dokalski
SOUND:
Dariusz Wancerz
PRODUCTION:
Edyta Wróblewska

Edyta Wróblewska »

Graduated from Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and Camerimage Film School in Poland. Also graduated from Warsaw School of Economics and French Institute of Management. For several years she has been working for media companies (Agora S.A., Wizja TV, AtomicTV, The Warsaw Voice). In 2006 she took part in Berlinale Talent Campus. Her filmmaking experience includes directing, scriptwriting and production. Her documentary films were screened at many international film festivals (Toronto, New York, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, London, Sheffield, Nice, Zagreb, Kiev, Guangzhou, Melbourne, Cracow, Wroclaw and many more). A member of Polish Filmmakers Association.