L’ARBRE SANS FRUIT

What does it mean for a woman to remain childless in as country with the world’s highest birth rate? Aicha Macky explores this question in a personal and impressive way in her autobiographical film L’Arbre sans fruit. On the search for answers, the director gives a voice to women who have been marginalised and discriminated against for being childless and thus living outside of the norms of their society. L’Arbre sans fruit breaks with Nigerien taboos and is at the same time a courageous statement of female solidarity and self-empowerment.