YEAR OF PRODUCTION | 2020
COUNTRY | Italia
LOCATION | Kenya, Costa D’Avorio, Tanzania, Repubblica Democratica del Congo
LENGTH | 78 minuti
GENRE| Film documentario
AFRICAN
DREAMERS
five true stories.
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SYNOPSIS
AFRICAN DREAMERS is a documentary on five African girls at a significant transition in their lives. Five young women who live in four African countries that so many people leave, in the search for a better life. Wangare e Grace, Deborah, Marveille e Mariam have decided to stay and try to change their difficult lives. They fight against prejudice, old beliefs, violence and ancient cultures that far too often violate the universal human rights.
Through dusty roads, shanty towns and breathtaking landscapes, their stories have approached us. Faced with life’s problems, big and small, each one of them is trying to reach her dream. A dream of redemption.
“I will continue to fight for girls to grow up and become women without suffering mutilation. All African
girls should become women and be able to dream. I am sure this is possible”.
These are the words of Nice Nailantei Leng’ete, a 26 year old Maasai woman who has been fighting for the rights of young African girls for years. Everything started from these words.
AFRICAN DREAMERS tries to give a voice to that part of the world that very often does not have one. The weaker part of African society: girls and women. We have involved some of the many people who have become passionate about these stories, including cinema and theater actors and actresses who have lent their voices to their protagonists.
Five intertwined stories. Five voices accompanied by an essential narration. Images, sounds, colors speak for themselves. We want you to picture that Africa that you cannot imagine. This is our mission. The mission of Hic Sunt leones. That Africa whose voice we do not hear. Not even a weak breath, among the news we receive every day. The seven of us believe that these simple stories of courage and freedom should become our and your stories too.
[HIC SUNT LEONES]
TECHNICAL CREW
PRODUCED BY
Hic Sunt Leones | Gruppo Icaro
DIRECTION, SUBJECT AND SCREENPLAY
Hic Sunt Leones
(collettivo degli autori: Roberto Cavalieri, Francesco Cavalli, Davide Demichelis, Angelo Ferrari, Raffaele Masto, Alessandro Rocca,Luciano Scalettari)
EDITING
Diego Zicchetti
PHOTOGRAPHY
Francesco Cavalli | Marco Colonna | Enrico Guidi | Davide Demichelis
Matteo Osanna | Alessandro Rocca | Diego Zicchetti.
PRODUCTION SECRETARY
Gruppo Icaro
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Emanuele Lumini
COMMUNICATION
Alessandra Tarquini
TRANSLATION
Simona Caldera
WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF
Fondazione Zanetti Onlus | Associazione Xmas Project
Crowdfunding – Produzioni dal basso
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Amani | Amref | CCM | CIS | CVM | Focsiv | LVIA | MLFM | Oxfam Italia | Terre des hommes
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF
Film Commission Torino Piemonte | Obiettivo Immagine Roma
Radio Popolare Milano | Radio Inblu
MEDIA PARTNER
Africa Rivista
HIC SUNT LEONES (AUTORS)
CAST
FEATURING
Wangare
Marveille
Mariam
Deborah
Grace
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF
Natalina Isella
Nice Nailantei Leng’ete
Jack Matika
Denis Mukwege
Bonniface Okada Buluma
VOICES
Massimo Alberici
Saba Anglana
Claudio Castrogiovanni
Simona Cavallari
Lella Costa
Stella Egitto
Melissa Manfredi
Giulia Michelini
Simona Mulazzani
Ignazio Oliva
Silvia Salvatori
Francesco Tonti
MUSIC BY
Saba Anglana
Fabio Barovero
Massimiliano Rocchetta
Josefina Silveyra
Maurizio Nizzetto
Filippo Saccarola
VOICE ACTORS
MUSIC
DEBORAH / by Massimiliano Rocchetta
FEELING GOOD / by Josefina Silveyra
FEELING GOOD / by Filippo Saccarola
FROM WITHIN / by Saba Anglana
IL PESCATORE / by Saba Anglana
TENGO SUENOS / by Saba Anglana e Fabio Barovero
TENGO SUENOS / Bass solo by Maurizio Nizzetto
TRIBAL PRINCIPLE / by Alon Ohana (Artlist)
BAMBA AFRICAN MARKET / by Kaleido Sea (Buena Ventura – Artlist)
BCC 031814 TRIBAL PERCUSSION HUNT 970 / (Artlist)
SAT NIGHT / by Yanivi (Artlist)
KUM-BA-YAH-FULL / (audioblocks)
SAFARI-JOURNEY / (audioblocks)
YOU FOUGHT ON ME / by Eill (Reflections – Artlist)
BROTHERHOOD / by Young Rich Pixies (Amazing Journey – Artlist)
SOME RISE UP / by Jeremiah (Artlist)
INSIDE-THE-MIND-OF-A-MURDERER-THRILLER-THEME / (audioblocks)
HANDPANOPHONE / by David Charrier (Ephemeral – Artlist)
TRIBAL PRINCIPLE / by Alon Ohana (Artlist)
BEYOND HERE / by Salt of the Sound (Beyond Here – Artlist)
“FEELING GOOD” (A. Newley / L. Bricusse)
è concesso dagli aventi diritto da Sugarmusic s.p.a.
“IL PESCATORE” (Musica di F. De André / G.P. Reverberi / F. Zauli /Testo di F. De André)
è concesso dagli aventi diritto da Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.r.l.
CREDITS
CREDITS
FONDAZIONE ZANETTI ONLUS TREVISO
Mauro Pizzigati, Laura Zanetti, Andrea Gaio, Andrea Volanti, Teresa Calabrigo, Alessandra Fermi,Raffaella Bonora, Alessandra Gobbo
ASSOCIAZIONE XMAS PROJECT
Matteo Fiorini, Maurizio D’Adda, Sarah Nocita
AMANI FOR AFRICA
Gianmarco Elia, Chiara Avezzano
AMREF ITALIA
Mario Raffaelli, Tommy Simmons, Fabio Bellumore, Guglielmo Micucci
CCM – COMITATO COLLABORAZIONE MEDICA
Filippo Spagnuolo, Alessandro Guarino, Silvia Trentini, Stefano Bolzonello
COMMUNAUTÉ ABEL – GRAN BASSAM
Leone De Vita
CVM – COMUNITÀ VOLONTARI PER IL MONDO
Paolo Padovani, Attilio Ascani, Marian Lambert
FOYER EK’ABANA – BUKAVU
Suor Natalia Isella
KOINONIA COMMUNITY
Jack Matica, Boniface Okada Buluma, George Njuguna
LVIA – ASSOCIAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE VOLONTARI LAICI
Lia Curcio, Gloria Laura Mellano
MLFM – MOVIMENTO LOTTA FAME NEL MONDO
Antonio Colombi, Omar Fiordaliso, Sofia Marconi
OXFAM ITALIA
Maurizia Iachino, Maria Teresa Alvino
TERRE DES HOMMES
Donatella Vergari, Paolo Ferrara, Rossella Pannuzzo, Alessandro Rabbiosi
TAVOLA DELLA PACE
Flavio Lotti
CLUB FOTOGRAFICO MONTESPERTOLI
Daniele Bellesi, Valentina Canuti
DONNE DEL PD DI RICCIONE
Maria Iole Pelliccioni
COOPERATIVA SOCIALE GEA DI MESTRE
Francesca Gambadoro, Nicoletta Benatelli
RADIO POPOLARE MILANO
Niccolò Guffanti
OBIETTIVO IMMAGINE ROMA
Crescenzo Mazza, Gabriel Stapingher, Stefano Silvestri
RADIO INBLU ROMA
Andrea Bucci, Cinzia Calabretta, Samira Rocchetti
CROWDFUNDERS
Alba Viglietti, Alberto Gerini, Alberto Anelli, Alessandra Tarquini, Alessandra Fermi, Alessandro Pettinari,
Alessandro Fo, Alessandro Latini, Alessandro Franzi, Alice Capucci, Alice Ghio, Andrea Acciarri,
Andrea Micconi, Andrea Ricci, Andrea Tomasetto, Anna Cornelio, Anna Mazzini, Anna Martelli, Anna Costantino,
Annarita Raimondi, Antonio Morri, Antonio Mazzoni, Arnaldo Serafino Ciavatta, Associazione Grecam,
Astorre Mancini, Barbara Fronzoni, Barnaba Canali, Beppe Vietina, Carlo Cassinis, Chiara Biagioli, Chiara Martelli,
Chiara Uglietti, Cinzia Bravin, Cinzia Montevecchi, Cinzia Ceresoli, Cristina Cavalli, Cristina Marques, Daniela Cadamuro, Daniela Sapone, Davide Galligani, Diego Gandolfo, Elena Scalettari, Eleonora Casetta, Elisa Cavalli, Emanuela Mattioli, Enrico Ioni, Enza Agosta, Enzo Travaglini, Eugenio Malfatti, Federica Ramacci, Federico Badaloni, Federico Cappanera, Filippo Bonavitacola, Filippo Ioni, Floreana Pistacchio, Francesca Cerri, Francesca Fabris, Francesca Casalini,
Francesco Montanari, Francesco De Augustinis, Francesco Saracino, Francesco Amani, Gabriela Georgieva, Gaia Morrione, Giancarlo Frisoni, Gilberto Zoffoli, Giorgia Capoccia, Giorgio Gattei, Giorgio Osti, Giorgio Rocca, Giovanni Gila,Giulia Bondi, Giuseppe Mazzini, Kairos Associazione, Katia Bolognesi, Laura Spina, Laura Nava, Laura Azzetti, Laura Moretti,
Leone Riccobon, Lia Curcio,Loredana Romano, Lorella Giovannelli, Luca Martelli, Luciano Bagli, Luciano Martelli,
Luciano Pasquini, Luisa Pozzar, Maddalena Scalettari, Mara Mondaini, Marco Berardi, Margherita
Colucci, Maria Elena Magnani, Maria Iole Pelliccioni, Marilena Donati, Mario Bellina, Mario Sanna, Massimo Grandi, Massimo Macconi, Matteo Osanna, Maurizio Nizzetto, Maurizio Casadei, Maurizio Focchi, Mauro Sarti,
Melania Fronzoni, Nadia Ferrari, Nevio Cavina, Nico Piro, Nicoletta Gorgerino, Noemi Cavalli, Oliviero Morri, Paola Pirra, Paolo Familiari, Patrizia Cisarri, Piero Bargetto, Riccardo Foschi, Roberta Becchi, Roberta Borello, Roberta Pellegrini, Rosario Cigna, Sabrina Vitali, Sandra Valentini, Sandro Ricci, Sara Rizzato, Simona Mauri, Simone Nencini, Simone Guerra, Sofia Marconi, Sonia Dal Corso, Sonja Bellomi, Stefania Guida, Teresa Pirritano, Valentina Franchi, Valentina Zamagna, Vincenzo Pezzino, Vittorio Colamussi.
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Adriana Bax
Roberto Ghio
Giuliano Berretta
Cristina Marquez
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ROBERTO CAVALIERI
As a photojournalist, he has followed some of the main conflicts in Africa for about 15 years (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Guinea Bissau), exploring the social and economic aspects of their causes and consequences. He has worked with Italian newspapers, NGOs and
foundations on the publication of articles and reportages. His most relevant works include a reportage on gold trafficking and the social and political destabilization of Burundi and Zaire. He has photographed
the prisons of five African countries, included in the book Prima della Libertà (Ega Torino) on the living conditions of inmates.
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Francesco Cavalli works in communication. He is general director of the Icaro network, which includes activities in the field of radio, television, the Internet and a video production center. Author and production manager of dozens of documentaries and several TV programs, including Radici on RaiTre. One of the founders of the Ilaria Alpi Award for TV journalism, which he has been directing in its 20 years of history, he has closely followed the case of Ilaria Alpi with reportages, inquiries and several journeys to Somalia.
In 2014 he published the novel La strada di Ilaria (Milieu edizioni). Creator and secretary general of the Roberto Morrione Award for investigative journalism. In 2001-2009 he was the councilor for culture of the city of Riccione and vice president of the national coordinating center of local bodies for peace and human rights. He has contributed to the organization of the most recent Perugia-Assisi peace marches, including the one to Palestine in 2012.
In 2014 he published the novel La strada di Ilaria (Milieu edizioni). Creator and secretary general of the Roberto Morrione Award for investigative journalism. In 2001-2009 he was the councilor for culture of the city of Riccione and vice president of the national coordinating center of local bodies for peace and human rights. He has contributed to the organization of the most recent Perugia-Assisi peace marches, including the one to Palestine in 2012.
DAVIDE DEMICHELIS
Freelancer and documentary-maker, he spent more than half of his fifty years of life traveling for work. He writes everything he can, wherever he can: the web, newspapers, the radio, books and, most importantly, for the TV (La Stampa, Panorama, Radio Svizzera Italiana, Baldini & Castoldi, National Geographic, NHK and many others). As he was not born in the trade, he took personal risks to do what he believes is the best job in the world: he spent his own money to travel, and sometimes risked his life too (despite the notorious immobility of people from Turin… where he is from). Kilometer after kilometer, things have changed a bit. Since the beginning of this millennium, he works mainly with RaiTre. Author and presenter of a few hundred documentaries and reportages shot in about 80 countries for Il pianeta delle Meraviglie, Timbuctu, I viaggi di Davide, Geo, Nanuk, Kilimangiaro. Creator, author and presenter of Radici, broadcast by RaiTre.
ANGELO FERRARI
Professional journalist of Agenzia Italia (AGI), where he works for the Africa office. Previously a
correspondent from central Africa for AGI, he has been working for years on African matters and has followed the worst tragedies of the continent: from the war in Rwanda to the war in Somalia, from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo to Sierra Leone. His books include Hakuna Matata, la globalizzazione galoppa mentre l’Africa muore (2002); Africa Gialla, l’invasione economica cinese del continente africano (2008); Le nebbie del Congo (2011); Il mondo di Jordy, il viaggio di un reporter e un ragazzo di strada nel cuore dell’Africa (2014); Silvia, diario di un rapimento (2019).
correspondent from central Africa for AGI, he has been working for years on African matters and has followed the worst tragedies of the continent: from the war in Rwanda to the war in Somalia, from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo to Sierra Leone. His books include Hakuna Matata, la globalizzazione galoppa mentre l’Africa muore (2002); Africa Gialla, l’invasione economica cinese del continente africano (2008); Le nebbie del Congo (2011); Il mondo di Jordy, il viaggio di un reporter e un ragazzo di strada nel cuore dell’Africa (2014); Silvia, diario di un rapimento (2019).
RAFFAELE MASTO
Raffaele Masto is a journalist and writer. He works as foreign editor at Radio Popolare and for the Africa
magazine. He has been following the crises and wars in the African continent of the last twenty years. He has written several books, including Africa and L’Africa del Tesoro (Sperling & Kupfer); Buongiorno Africa (Mondadori); Califfato Nero (Laterza). His last work was published by Egea in 2019: La Variabile Africana.He writes for the blog Buongiornoafrica.it
ALESSANDRO ROCCA
Freelancer, journalist, photographer, director and author from Turin. He wrote and directed the documentary film The Consul’s List, taken from the book by Luciano Scalettari. Co-produced by Rai Cinema, Sgi Srl, Doc Film Fund Piemonte and Media UE, distributed by Journeyman.Tv (UK). For RaiTre, he is author and filmmaker of the program Radici. Author and director of the documentary film Cesare Lombroso, il lato oscuro, and the series VAP for SkyArteHd. He is the author of dozens of reportages,
inquiries and documentaries for TV programs Il pianeta delle meraviglie, Kilimagiaro, Timbuctù and Geo on RaiTre, Effetto reale (La7), Matatu (RaiNews24), SkyTg24, TG RSI (Tv Svizzera Italiana), shot in dozens of countries in the world, on issues related to international trafficking, conflicts and environmental and
social issues. He collaborates with magazines and newspapers.
LUCIANO SCALETTARI
A journalist since 1987, he has been working for Famiglia Cristiana since April 1992. He is currently its
vice editor-in-chief. Special envoy for 13 years, he focused mainly on the African continent (he traveled to over 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa) and investigative journalism. Among others, he has
published: I bambini nella guerra (Emi – con Angelo Ferrari), Ilaria Alpi, un omicidio al crocevia dei traffici (Baldini&Castoldi – with Barbara Carazzolo and Alberto Chiara), La lista del console – Ruanda, 100 giorni un milione di morti (Ed. Paoline-Focsiv), 1994 (Editore Chiarelettere – with Luigi Grimaldi), Ho solo seguito il vento (Emi – con Claudio Ceravolo), Ilaria Alpi e Miran Hrovatin, depistaggi e verità nascoste a 25 anni dalla morte (Ed. Round Robin, with Luigi Grimaldi). Since 2007, he coordinates, with Alberto Laggia, the laboratory for social journalism La voce di chi non ha voce, organized by the A.Chiodi school of journalism in Mestre. He is co-founder and contributor of Atlante dei Conflitti e delle Guerre nel Mondo, now at its 9th edition.