The Man Who Stopped the Desert (2010)
• June 2nd, 2010 • 1h 4min
Documentary
Overview
As a child in Burkina Faso, Yacouba was sent away from home to study the Qur'an, where he and his classmates were almost starving. The young boys would trek across miles of wilderness, only to fall and beg at a straw hut for meagre rations. It is from this harsh background that the young farmer became determined to develop techniques that would bring exhausted soil back into production. His efforts have outdone the work of the world's leading scientists and technological advances costing millions of pounds. They may also yet prove crucial to the future of the world's rapidly growing population and global food demands.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Saddari
Released on: 2022-09-30
Documentary
Saddari is a story of A 3 Young bikers decide to hit the road to another state for adventure , Endin...
Liyana
Released on: 2017-07-15
Animation, Documentary
A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dang...
Mining for God
Released on: 2015-08-10
Family, Documentary
America has long been called a Christian nation. In fact, over 70% of adults in America identify th...
The Hunters
Released on: 1957-01-01
Documentary
An ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four !Kung men (also known as Ju/'hoansi or Bushm...
Algeria in Flames
Released on: 1958-01-02
Documentary, War
These are the first images shot in the ALN maquis, camera in hand, at the end of 1956 and in 1957. T...
The Wildebeest Migration: Nature's Greatest Journey
Released on: 2012-12-15
Documentary
Every year, on the steppes of the Serengeti, the most spectacular migration of animals on our planet...
When We Were Kings
Released on: 1996-10-25
Documentary, TV Movie, History, Music
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years ...
Memory Books
Released on: 2008-05-01
Documentary
In Uganda, AIDS-infected mothers have begun writing what they call Memory Books for their children. ...
Desert View
Released on: 2017-11-22
Documentary
The film Desert View is dedicated to the study of building and living in the semi - built satellite ...
Africa's Lost Eden
Released on: 2010-04-12
Documentary
In the heart of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, the waters of Lake Urema explode with the thras...
Africa Light / Gray Zone
Released on: 2010-01-30
Documentary, Adventure
"Africa Light" - as white local citizens call Namibia. The name suggests romance, the beauty of natu...
Africa, Blood & Beauty
Released on: 2012-01-04
History, Documentary
This film speaks of archaic peoples, their customs and mores, in an attempt to make the last snapsho...
Dawn of the Damned
Released on: 1965-07-05
Documentary, History, Drama
This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is...
Brownstones to Red Dirt
Released on: 2010-04-13
Drama, Documentary
Kids from Brooklyn, NY housing projects try to change the world when they are paired with Sierra Leo...
Iwájú: A Day Ahead
Released on: 2024-02-27
Documentary
Filmed across three continents, this documentary shares the story of the founders of the Pan-African...
TUNAHAKI
Released on: 2010-03-09
Documentary
Tunahaki is the extraordinary story of nine gifted orphans who are acrobats. We follow their journey...
Silverback
Released on: 2024-01-07
Documentary
Feature-length documentary following award-winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet as he document...
The Making of Yaaba
Released on: 1989-01-02
Documentary
Djibril Diop Mambéty followed and filmed the shooting of Yaaba, Idrissa Ouédraogo's second feature f...