Water is life!

A dire shortage of water leads the people of a sub-Saharan village to pack up their goats and cattle and head off across the sands in search of a more dependable source. Traveling without a map, village school teacher Rahne (Issaka Sawadogo) makes the courageous decision to go east with his wife Mouna (Carole Karemera Umulinga, - HBO’s Sometimes in April, 2005) and their three small children.

Sounds of Sand is a dramatic tale of exodus, survival and hope. It is also a parable about determination that brings us into the footsteps of Shasha. Shasha is a nomad child full of the joys of life, whose tenacity and strength will conquer her father’s love when everything else seems lost. The film is based on the novel Chamelle by Marc Durin-Valois.