Lev Long

Treasures from the Trash

In Africa, small jobs survive as resistance to the invasion of consumer goods. In compiling five shorts directed by the Senegalese documentary filmmaker, the film details the stages of making handicrafts from garbage dumped at landfills.

Les Malles

A team of friends recover heavy metal drums used to transport tar. After having cleaned out the drums with intense heat, they work industriously to make metal plates which, when cut and assembled, will finally become impressive trunks.

Aqua

Every morning, Amadou catches small fishes in the lake near Dakar. He puts them into thrown-away bottles to make aquariums.