THE RIVER WHERE WE LIVE
The interior delta of the Niger River in Mali crosses a vast plain in the heart of the Sahel. It is a vivid patchwork of canals, rivers, lakes, islands, seas, prairies and flood zones. Throughout this territory, human societies have learned to live together, in a symbolic relationship with the cycles and movements of the river.
2006, Canada, 92 min.
Dir./Script/Dir. of Phot./Prod.: Sylvain L'Esperance,
Sound: Esther Auger
Dir./Script/Dir. of Phot./Prod.: Sylvain L'Esperance
He studied visual arts at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal and then film at Concordia University. In 1992, he directed "Les printemps incertains", a documentary portraying the decline of a working-class Montreal neighbourhood, which already revealed his concerns with both social and formal issues and his use of certain effects related to experimental film.
Filmography
Les ecarts perdus (1988), Les printemps incertains / Shadows of Spring (1992), Le temps qu'il fait (1997), La main invisible / The invisible Hand (2002), Un fleuve humain (2006)