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Ashakara

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Directed by: Gérard Louvin, Aminata Arbi Boly

Overview

In this tale set in modern West Africa, a local doctor finds a cure to a deadly virus, a medicinal herb used by the population of a small rural village. He decides to mass produce the drug at low cost. However, a pharmaceutical multinational hears about the project and sends an agent to Africa with instructions to stop the doctor's work

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