Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
who has worked on many films and TV productions. He co-directed the widely discussed , which documents the realities of free trade.
Badini has been cameraman or assistant director on various films for the cinema and TV, starting with ''
Keïta! l'Héritage du griot
(English title: ''Keita! Voice of the Griot'') is a 1995 Burkinabé film directed by Dani Kouyaté and starring Sotigui Kouyaté. It is an adaptation of the first third of the 13th-century ''Epic of Sundiata'', interspersed with scenes of a gr ...
'' (1994) directed by Dani Kouyaté.
His short film ''Fleurs d'épines'' (Flowers of thorns) was nominated for a prize at the
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
The Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (, or FESPACO) is a film festival in Burkina Faso, held biennially in Ouagadougou, where the organization is based. It accepts for competition only films by African filmmakers and chief ...
in 2001.
Badini was co-director of , which explores the trade in
shea butter
Shea butter ( , , or ; ) is a fat (triglyceride; mainly oleic acid and stearic acid) extracted from the nut of the African shea tree ('' Vitellaria paradoxa''). It is ivory in color when raw and commonly dyed yellow with borututu root or ...
made from the nuts of the
shea tree
''Vitellaria paradoxa'' (formerly ''Butyrospermum parkii''), commonly known as shea tree, shi tree (, also ), or vitellaria, is a tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is the only species in the genus ''Vitellaria'',fair trade" principles, the film questions whether the villagers can in practice escape the implacable force of the market.
was shown at the
Amiens International Film Festival
Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...
.
The film received the Jury Grand Prize at the International Environmental Film Festival of Niamey.
It has been used as the basis for discussions by groups who support fair trade.