The Hillside Crowd (Ceux De La Colline)

The Hillside Crowd (Ceux De La Colline)

This documentary explores the desperate quest of the workers of a makeshift gold mine on the remote Diosso hillside of Burkina Faso to find fortune and happiness amongst promiscuously crowded living quarters and poverty.

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A makeshift gold mine on the remote Diosso hillside in Burkina Faso has attracted a swarm of gold-diggers and dynamite blasters, healers and dealers, vendors and prostitutes, children, holy men and barbers. Living in the promiscuous closeness of a crowded and improvised gold town, these men and women are recklessly determined to find the gold that will change their lives. The film explores their desperate quest for fortune and elusive happiness. The gold rush is relentless.

 

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This film originally aired as part of DOC-DEBUT, a series on Link TV highlighting unique and groundbreaking international documentary films. Each week features the U.S. television premiere of a new foreign doc, offering American audiences unprecedented perspectives on world events and culture, as seen through the eyes of individuals across the globe. The series also provides a unique outlet for films by independent directors and producers to reach a much wider international audience.


DOC-DEBUT airs every Sunday at 8pm Pacific and every Saturday at 8pm Eastern.