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Ouaga Girls

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A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girl school to become auto mechanics. The classmates become their port of safety, joy and sisterhood, all while they are going through the life changing transition into becoming adults in a country boiling with political changes. In a country with youth unemployment at 52 percent, jobs are a hot issue. The young girls at a mechanics school in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou are right in the middle of a crucial point in life when their dreams, hopes and courage are confronted with opinions, fears and society’s expectations of what a woman should be. Using interesting narrative solutions, Theresa Traore Dahlberg depicts their last school years and at the same time succeeds in showing the country’s violent past and present. This is a feature-film debut and coming-of-age film with much warmth, laughs, heartbreak and depth.

Documentary
FeminismCar MechanicWoman DirectorBurkina Faso

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What is Ouaga Girls (2017) about?

A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girl school to become auto mechanics. The classmates become their port of safety, joy and sisterhood, all while they are going through the life changing transition into becoming adults in a country boiling with political changes. In a country with youth unemployment at 52 percent, jobs are a hot issue. The young girls at a mechanics school in…

Who stars in Ouaga Girls?

Ouaga Girls stars Chantal Niessougou (Self), Bintou Konaté (Self), Mouniratou Sédogo (Self), Marthe Ouedraogo (Self), Rose Kientega (Self). The film was directed by Theresa Traoré Dahlberg.

How long is Ouaga Girls?

Ouaga Girls has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2017.

Is Ouaga Girls worth watching?

Ouaga Girls holds an IMDb rating of 6.3/10. Fans of Documentary are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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