Mandatory Patriotic Immersion: Richard Tiéné Goes Inside the Civic Training of Young Bac Graduates
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Mandatory Patriotic Immersion: the film "Oath of a Generation" presented to the public (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Filmmaker Boubié Richard Tiéné previewed his 90-minute documentary on the Mandatory Patriotic Immersion (IPO), a civic and physical training programme for new high-school graduates, in Ouagadougou. The screening was attended by War and Patriotic Defence Minister, General Célestin Simporé.
Burkina: documentary traces the experience of young graduates in the patriotic immersion (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Director Boubié Richard Tiéné presented his 70-minute documentary on the mandatory patriotic immersion in Ouagadougou, in the presence of the Minister of War and Patriotic Defence. The film aims to show the reality of this civic and physical training and dispel prejudices.
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