The strong man of Bureng

Original title The strong man of Bureng

Former UN soldier Essa has fled the Gambia for Finland, where he has successfully set up a business that provides for his family. Back in his hometown Bureng, he is celebrated as a hero. During a visit home, world events catch up with him: the Covid outbreak jeopardises Essa’s return to Europe and his application to renew his residence permit, plunging him into one of the most serious crises of his life. “The strong man of Bureng” is both a contemporary odyssey and an intimate story of the deep motivations that have brought a person to leave his own country in an effort to satisfy universal needs.

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Author/s Mauro Bucci

Mauro Bucci is an Italian award-winning filmmaker and independent researcher working in the field of visual anthropology. He is particularly concerned with film’s potential for studying and understanding human experiences and cultural practices. He has authored scientific essays on ethnographic cinema for both Italian and international journals and books.In his films, he focuses on the topic of migration, often working as a one-man crew shooting video, recording sound, and editing footage during long-term ethnographic fieldwork based on the method of participant observation.

Research Mauro Bucci
Photography Mauro Bucci
Sound Mauro Bucci
Editing Mauro Bucci