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 willingly ride donkeys and bicycles or walk for miles across rocks to a "school of hope" built of clay. Following both the students and the teachers in the Oulad Boukais Tribe's community school for over three years, SCHOOL OF HOPE shows students Mohamed, Miloud, Fatima, and their classmates, responding with childish glee to the school's altruistic young teacher, Mohamed. Each child faces individual obstacles - supporting their aging parents; avoiding restrictions from relatives based on traditional gender roles - while their young teacher makes do in a house with no electricity or water.
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Kaddour Errahmany as Self
Mohamed Errahmany as Self
Ali Errahmany as Self
Toumi Dahbi as Self
Miloud Dahbi as Self
Kaddour Dahbi as Self
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Mohamed El Aboudi · Director, Writer
Lizi Gelber · Editor
Florence Bresson · Editor
Pertti Veijalainen · Producer
Hind Saïh · Producer
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