Drowned in Oblivion

Le cercle des noyés

Overview

Le Cercle des noyés is the name given in Mauritania to black political prisoners imprisoned from 1987 in the old colonial fortress of Oualata. This film touches on the fragile process of unveiling memories by one of these former prisoners who remembers his story and that of his companions. In a visual echo, the places of their confinement come one after another denuded from any traces of that past.

Production

Zeugma Films, Cobra Films, Images Plus, Gsara A.s.b.l., CBA, Les Ateliers du Laziri