The Chihaa and Oraa Story

Director: Marc Serena

Producer: Rashid Abubakar

Producer Company: Fora de Quadre

Agency:

Client: CEDHA Ghana

Country: Spain

Synopsis

Two trees speak and discover the goodness of humility.

A Wala story drawn and told by students from students from 4 schools from the North of Ghana: Sawla District Assembly Junior High School, Jentilpe RC Junior High School, Saint Monica?s RC Junior High School & Sawla Girls Model Junior High School.

This is part of a series of 5 short documentaries available in Catalan subtitles.





Objectives

This project started with a drawing contest done at 500 students in several cities of the North of Ghana. The best of them spent a day drawing inspired by the popular tale about two trees they know a lot: chihaa and oraa. Shabihatu, Joana and Rehan narrated it in Wala language and, finally, Taller Estampa animated it. The result is truly collective and unique.


Rest of the short films of this series available:


1- La història del chihaa i l'oraa   (2 minuts). La faula que moltes
criatures de Sawla coneixen en la qual dos arbres parlen i
descobreixen les bondats de la humilitat
https://vimeo.com/691293056/ef61344e21
2 - El poder de les plantes i els arbres    (3 minuts). La Meri ens
explica la seva experiència resolen problemes de salut a través de
plantes i arbres que curen    https://vimeo.com/683731282/00f3672701
3 - Com fer un xilòfon (3 minuts). La manera com ara es tallen arbres
no té res a veure amb la manera tradicional de fer-ho, sobretot si era
per fer un instrument musical. https://vimeo.com/688778860/d8ac1fc634
4 - L'arribada de l'anacard    (3 minuts i mig). Els arbres
tradicionals de la zona estan sent abandonats a favor de l'anacard,
que es produeix per vendre fora
https://vimeo.com/669798859/bffd978d70
5 - Un mill deliciós  (3 minuts). Les maneres tradicionals de cuinar
mill s'estan perdent, a l'igual de la gent que es dedica a collir-lo.
 https://vimeo.com/689001867/b60c698511