Project Detail

The Great Green Wall

Synopsis

Executive Producer Fernando Meirelles (Academy Award-nominated director of "City of God") and Malian musician Inna Modja take us on an epic journey along Africa's Great Green Wall - an ambitious vision to grow an 8000km ‘wall of trees’ stretching across the entire continent to fight back against desertification, climate change and migration.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2019 - World premiere

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Format
UHD (3840x2160), ProRES 4444, 23.98, 5.1
Director
Jared P. Scott
Producer
Sarah Macdonald, Jared P. Scott, Nick North, Charly W. Feldman
Executive Producer
Sarah Macdonald, Alexander Asen, Fernando Meirelles, Thea Guest, Sian Kevill, Fabrizio Zago, Camilla Nordheim-Larsen, Claude Grunitzky
Editor
Pilar Rico
Screenwriter
Jared P. Scott
Director of Photography
Tim Cragg
Sound
Adam Prescod, Emma Butt
Composer
Inna Modja, Charlie Mole
Principal cast
Inna Modja
Co-Executive Prodcer
Inna Modja, Marco Conti Sikic, Giulia Braga

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Seville International presents a Make Waves production in association with United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Make Waves

Sarah Macdonald
59 Goldhawk Road
London
W12 8EG

Sales Company

WaZabi Films

Anick Poirier, Lorne Price (Sales)
Ruby Rondina (Festivals)
4200 Boulevard StLaurent
Bureau 1200
H2W 2R2
Montreal
Quebec
Canada

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