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Ouaga Girls (2017)

| Documentary | 25 August 2017 (Sweden)
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A group of young women from the outskirts of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, meet at the feminist education centre to study to become car mechanics. Ouaga Girls is a poetic ... See full summary »

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Theresa Traoré Dahlberg
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A group of young women from the outskirts of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, meet at the feminist education centre to study to become car mechanics. Ouaga Girls is a poetic coming-of-age story of sisterhood, life choices, and the strife of finding your own path.

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Official site | Ouaga Girls - Momento Film

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Burkina Faso | France | Sweden

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French

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25 August 2017 (Sweden) See more »

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