Life on Earth: 2000 Seen By...

A personal reflection on the state of Africa

On the eve of the year 2000, Abderrahmane Sissako, a Mauritanian filmmaker living in France, goes home to visit his father in a small village in Mali.At the post office, he encounters a young woman.A relationship develops, while on the streets of the village, daily life goes on peacefully and unchanged as a new millennium arrives.