Watch THE FLY COLLECTORS short. DOCUMENTARY Festival Oct. 2024
Today's Film Festival
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Documentary, Independent, Short Films
THE FLY COLLECTORS, 25min., Senegal
Directd by Jeff Arak
A group of men in Senegal volunteer as human bait to catch flies carrying a parasite that once blinded hundreds of thousands of people throughout Africa. Following the lead of Africa's leading medical entomologist, Daniel Boakye, the group of men work towards freeing the Gambia River from the vicious disease.
http://www.theflycollectors.com/
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