The film follows 'Y'en a marre' ('We're Fed Up'), a collective of rappers and journalists, that plays a key role in voting Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade out of power in 2012. In 2011 Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade declares that he will run for a third term in the elections. Knowing full well that the Consitution does not allow it. ‘Y’en a marre’ (Fed Up’) is founded that same year. Using music and door-to-door campaigns, ‘Y’en a marre’ calls upon the youth to engage politically and demonstrate against Wade’s candidacy. They also urge the youth to register and use their voting card as their democratic weapon. Y’en a marre succeeded to register 300.000 new voters. They have inspired young people from other West-African countries to politically engage in pacifist civil movements, to avoid the violent scenario of the ‘Arab Spring’.
FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS : Arusha African Film Festival (2016) | One World Festival, Ottawa, Canada (2016) | AFRIDOCS (2016) | Global Issues Film Festival at Kettering University and University of Michigan, USA (2016) | Ford Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria (Oct 2015) | Festival Cine Droit Libre - Burkina Faso and Senegal (2015) | Prison Fresnes Paris, France (2015) | Banlieues Bleues Film festival Paris (2015) | Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen Orient Paris (2015) | AfricaFête Marseille 2015) | Bayreuth University, Germany (2015) | Freedom Film Festival Malaysia (2015) | Passion for Freedom Festival London (2014) | World Cinema Film Festival Amsterdam (2014)| EU Delegation Dakar (2014) | WAZA / RNW screening for students and bloggers in Burundi (2014) | GHIPHOP Centre Dakar (2014) | Centre AfriculturUrban Dakar (2014) | Dutch Embassy Dakar (2014) | Afrikadag Amsterdam (2014) | Humanity House The Hague, The Netherlands (2014) | Castrum Peregrini Amsterdam (2014) | Tolhuistuin Amsterdam (2014)
