\u00bbPapa, when you left \u2026 did you want to come back?\u00ab
\n\u00bbWhen I arrived, I thought I\u2019d go back immediately. I had come to make money and then go right back home.\u00ab
\n\u00bbWhen did you realise that you wouldn\u2019t be going home for a long time?\u00ab
\n\u00bbAs soon as I arrived and started making some money \u2026 but not enough to return home.\u00ab<\/p>\n
The 13-year-old Sidi is the eldest son of a Tuareg family that is separated when the father takes off for work in Italy. Not before too long, the father sends for his wife and children. Only Alkassoum, Sidi\u2019s little brother, has to stay in Nigeria \u2013 with his grandparents, in the desert, tending the family goats and having all the space in the world to play with nature\u2019s playthings. Sidi\u2019s life, on the other hand, is totally different. He wants to become a journalist. For a start, he uses the camera (which he quickly learns to use under the guidance of director Fabio Caramaschi) to show what separation and change can mean to people. Especially to his little brother who only arrives in Italy after a long wait. Although Alkassoum soon gets used to the new surroundings and to his refound family, he keenly misses his friends and his old home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21169,"template":"","movie_year":[124],"movie_genre":[85],"movie_cat":[365],"festival":[628],"class_list":["post-20863","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_year-124","movie_genre-documentary-en","movie_cat-film-education-en-2012","festival-2012-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n