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Gwetto
Jelco, Justin, Rabetsy and Mamy work in a car wash in Tamatave, the economic capital of Madagascar. As illegal immigrants, they face discrimination both from their bosses and the local residents, who accuse them of sparking the violence that is tearing through the neighbourhood. Gwetto gives a voice to the ‘economically displaced’, in a polyphonic tale of hope and survival.
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Jelco, Justin, Rabetsy and Mamy work in a car wash in Tamatave, the economic capital of Madagascar. As illegal immigrants, they face discrimination both from their bosses and the local residents, who accuse them of sparking the violence that is tearing through the neighbourhood. Gwetto gives a voice to the ‘economically displaced’, in a polyphonic tale of hope and survival.
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