We, Students! (2022)

Name: We, Students!
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-02-16
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Nestor Ngbandi Ngouyou, Aaron Koyasukpengo, Benjamin Kongbo Sombot, Rafiki Fariala

We, Students! (2022), directed by Rafiki Fariala, starring Nestor Ngbandi Ngouyou and Aaron Koyasukpengo.

02/16/2022 BR Documentary 1h 23m

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Nestor, Aaron, Benjamin and Rafiki are economics undergraduates at the University of Bangui. Navigating between the overcrowded classrooms, the petty trades that allow students to survive, bribery lurking everywhere, Rafiki shows us what students lives are like in the Central African Republic, a shattered society where the youth keeps dreaming for a brighter future for their country.

Rafiki FarialaCinematography, Director, Screenplay
Moïse Christian NzengueEditing
Xavier SirvenEditing
Boris LojkineProducer

About the film

We, Students! (French: Nous, étudiants) is a 2022 Central African Republic documentary film written and directed by Rafiki Fariala on his feature film directorial debut. The film showcases the harsh realities on how students are brought up at the University of Bangui amid various pressing issues such as sexual harassment, terrible living conditions inside the campus and the reality of having to tolerate the rampant corrupted professors. The film captures and portrays the everyday lives of the filmmaker himself and his friends at the University of Bangui and they spare a thought about how their futures would eventually pan out in the Central African Republic in the future. The film was screened in the Panorama section at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival and it became the first film ever from the Central African Republic to premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. According to The Africa Report, it was ranked among top ten most notable African films of 2022.

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Cast

Rafiki Fariala as himself

Nestor Ngbandi Ngouyou

Aaron Koyasoukpengo

Benjamin Kongo Sombot

Rafiki Fariala

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External links

We, Students! at IMDb

We, Students! at Berlinale

Text from We, Students! on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We,_Students!

Trivia

It premiered on February 16, 2022, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h23 — short for a feature film.
Its original title is "Nous, étudiants!".
This film's quiz has 9 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosMakongo Films, Kiripi Films, UNITÉ
CountriesCentral African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), France
LanguagesSango, French
StatusReleased

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Crew

Rafiki Fariala Cinematography
Rafiki Fariala Director
Moïse Christian Nzengue Editing
Xavier Sirven Editing
Boris Lojkine Producer
Danièle Incalcaterra Producer
Elvis Sabin Ngaïbino Producer
Rafiki Fariala Screenplay

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What is We, Students! about?

We, Students!: Nestor, Aaron, Benjamin and Rafiki are economics undergraduates at the University of Bangui. Navigating between the overcrowded classrooms, the petty trades that allow students to survive, bribery lurking everywhere, Rafiki shows us what students lives are like in the Central African Republic, a shattered society wher…

Who directed We, Students!?

We, Students! was directed by Rafiki Fariala in 2022.

Who stars in We, Students!?

The cast of We, Students! includes Nestor Ngbandi Ngouyou, Aaron Koyasukpengo, Benjamin Kongbo Sombot and Rafiki Fariala.

How long is We, Students!?

We, Students! runs for 83 minutes, or 1h23.