Laurence Grun & Pierre Vanneste : "Bargny, ici commence l'émergence"
An immersion into a Senegalese town that is a symbol of ongoing development, Bargny, the Real Face of Economic Emergence is a web documentary that was released in September 2018. Caught between coastal erosion due to climate change, industrialisation and land development projects, the inhabitants of Bargny question the future of Senegal. Based on photos, videos and texts, the documentary translates into images the voices of people swallowed up in the fog of their past and future uncertainties in the face of society’s inconsistencies.
Laurence Grun and Pierre Vanneste, respectively author-director and director-photographer, co-directed this project for Nuit Noire Production in order to question the notion of emergence and development. Their approach uses the accounts of inhabitants confronted with the false promises of progress, modernity and their ecological consequences.