Language
SCHOOL OF HOPE-
Morocco/ Arabic/78 minutes/Director-Mohammed El Aboudi/2020
School of Hope is an intimate and charming portrait of optimism in the harshest of environments. In the vast expanse of desert East of Atlas Mountains in Morocco, seasonal rain and snow once supported livestock, but now the drought seems to never end. Hardly a blade of grass can be seen, and families travel miles on foot to get water from a muddy hole in the ground. Yet the children belonging to the OuladBoukais Tribe willingly ride donkeys and bicycles or walk for miles across rocks to a “school of hope” built of clay. The is just one of many rural communities around the world struggling to establish adequate schooling for students despite the roadblocks of their environment and the apparent indifference of their government. The film won several awards at prestigious international festivals.