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L'orage africain: un continent sous influence

2017

Fed up with watching his country's rich resources enrich only foreign corporations, an African president boldly nationalizes all the means of production built by outsiders — and braces for the backlash. A pointed political drama about sovereignty and neocolonialism.

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Part of 4 Essential Films from Benin

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