''The Fruitless Tree'' (''L'arbre sans fruit'') is a Nigerien bilingual

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

film written and directed by

Aïcha Macky Aïcha Macky (born 8 January 1982) is a Nigerien filmmaker as well as a sociologist. She is most notable as the director of critically acclaimed documentary '' The Fruitless Tree''. Personal life She was born on 8 January 1982. When she was fiv ...

on her directorial debut. The documentary project was influenced and inspired by the death of director's own mother who died when the director was only five years old at the time. The documentary won the

Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Documentary The Africa Movie Academy Awards, Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Documentary is an annual merit by the Africa Film Academy to reward the best short and feature documentaries for the year. It has been merged and renamed severally since it was f ...

at the

12th Africa Movie Academy Awards The 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on Saturday 11 June 2016 at the Obi Wali International Conference Center in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The ceremony recognized and honored excellence among directors, actors, and writer ...

in 2016.

Cast

* Aïcha Macky as herself

Synopsis

The director who is a married woman without any children in real life, confronts the issue of infertility which is a concern in Niger. She shares a collection of stories about wives and husbands who refuse to be tested.

References

External links

* 2016 films 2016 documentary films Nigerien documentary films 2010s French-language films Hausa-language films 2016 directorial debut films {{Niger-film-stub