by PETER ADAWON
Ten yea on the borderlands of the Sahara, thousands of people starved to death during the Great Sahel Drought. Since then the yearly rainjs. have returned, but each year millions of people still struggle to grow enough food to make "one harvest stretch to the next. This' film tetts the'story of just two of them.
After two visits to a small village in Upper Volta, Peter Adamson has re-created the story of Minata and Boureima. It tells of their personal struggle to survive and of the 10-year-old daughter who was about to become a woman - in the week of Sweet water.
Photography bavib south Sound DAVID BRINICQMBE
Production assistant JANINA kolodziej Film editor fetebiooIe Producer david wiLLACt