Directed by
ANDREA TRIVERO
Country of Origin
Italy
Runtime
18:55
Category
Daniel Balima is a senior horticulturist from Tenkodogo, a small Sub-Saharan African town in Burkina Faso, where he lives with his large family and has worked since he was born 67 years ago.
Daniel as a child falls ill with polio and, although growing without the use of his legs, he is able to follow his father in the family nursery, walking on his hands.
He works immediately with great passion and talent so much that his disability, which for many in Africa means a marked destiny, is for Daniel an opportunity:”I could take two paths: begging or taking my life in hand and devoting myself to work with dignity “.
Director Biography – ANDREA TRIVERO
Born in Pettinengo (Biella) Italy, in 1969. After a degree in Engineering and the master in modern low budget technology for Developing Country he moves to Africa to work and live. In the same times he works on some documentary projects during his stay in Burkina Faso and in Democratic Republic of Congo. Today he lives between Italy and Africa, mainly in the province of Biella, in an old house in the mountains in the middle of meadows and woods with dogs, cats, horses, sheeps and goats. Since 2006 he also has been working with Refugees and Asylum Seekers for Italian NGOs.