Release Date

31 Dec, 2020

Runtime

01:18: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

In the vast expanse of desert East of Atlas Mountains in Morocco, seasonal rain and snow once supported livestock, but now the drought seems to never end. Hardly a blade of grass can be seen, and families travel miles on foot to get water from a muddy hole in the ground. Yet the children willingly ride donkeys and bicycles or walk for miles across rocks to a "school of hope" built of clay. Following both the students and the teachers in the Oulad Boukais Tribe's community school for over three years, SCHOOL OF HOPE shows students Mohamed, Miloud, Fatima, and their classmates, responding with childish glee to the school's altruistic young teacher, Mohamed. Each child faces individual obstacles - supporting their aging parents; avoiding restrictions from relatives based on traditional gender roles - while their young teacher makes do in a house with no electricity or water.

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Actors

Crew

Tapio Liukkonen

Mohamed El Aboudi

Pertti Veijalainen

Marita Hällfors

Pietari Koskinen

Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen

Lamia Chraibi

Lizi Gelber

Mikko Sippola

Florence Bresson

Richard Horowitz

Päivi Kettunen

Hind Saïh

Mohamed El Aboudi