The Man Who Stopped the Desert - trailer 1 Narrated by Hugh Quarshie

Now available on DVD and Blu-ray from:
www.1080films.co.uk/yacoubamovie

From a harsh, uncompromising land comes a story of hope...
Yacouba Sawadogo, a peasant farmer from Africa has succeeded where international agencies failed. Over the last twenty years he has successfully battled against nature, and man, to become a pioneer in the fight against desertification.

But Yacouba's struggle is not simply an agricultural story, it is pure drama. It is about one man's conviction that now has the potential to benefit many thousands living in the Sahel region of Africa.

"Yacouba's story is both incredibly timely and important given the current crisis in many parts of the world with desertification. It is also rare to find a conservation story with such an upbeat and inspirational ending".
National Geographic Channels, International

The Man Who Stopped the Desert is a beautifully filmed, emotional roller coaster that will leave you moved and inspired.
DVDs and Blu-ray versions are available by visiting:
www.1080films.co.uk/Yacoubamovie
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Une version française de L'Homme Qui Arrêta Le Désert est actuellement disponible en DVD.

Il s'agit de la version intégrale du film qui n'a pas encore passé à la télévision. Veuillez visiter
http://www.1080films.co.uk/Yacoubamovie/shop-fr.htm

US and Canadian educational institutions can purchase DVDs here:
http://www.videoproject.com/manwhostde.html

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Desert
• Yacouba Sawadogo
• Sahel
• Desertification
• Wildscreen
• Environment
• Quarshie
• Reij
• Burkina+Faso
• inspirational
• nature documentary
• Man Who Stopped the Desert
• Permaculture

[Yumscrubble]

Brilliant story. Pity the film is so outrageously expensive for individuals to buy. The trailer makes me want see more!

[1080filmandtv]

@Yumscrubble Sorry you feel it is over-priced, you are not alone, but it is in line with other films like this which are low-volume sales. Hollywood can sell dvds for £10 or less because of high volumes to the mass market. We would love to reduce the price but it's all about supply and demand. We may try a time-limited price reduction to see how things go. Thanks for your feedback.

[MisterSoul99]

Somehow these stories always have a chapter where they go to Washington DC with their hand out.

[kutblok]

@MisterSoul99 What is really eing done is that the hand is pulling something out of your wallet.

[1080filmandtv]

@kutblok Relax! to date, Yacouba Sawadogo has received no aid from DC or anywhere else. I guess that includes your wallet. That is the point of the film, he did it on his own. I suggest you watch it before posting here.

[1080filmandtv]

@MisterSoul99

Relax! to date, Yacouba Sawadogo has received no financial aid from DC or anywhere else. That is the point of the film, he did it on his own. I suggest you watch it before posting here.

[Yumscrubble]

@1080filmandtv Thanks for replying. I understand the commercial realities, of course. But by raising prices to recoup your smaller sales, you do reduce your sales still more. Only a small band of enthusiasts will pay those prices. That obviously reduces the impact your film can have, and probably limits your aggregate revenue stream, too. Time for a rethink?

[uncrae]

Thanks for sharing this quality trailer. A topic I passionately aspire to volunteer my film skills toward.

[MsColdCanada]

@1080filmandtv That's fantastic. I do hope they put real action behind this. It is, in my opinion, the best approach for addressing future food insecurity in the world. Donor aid is unsustainable.

[1080filmandtv]

@MsColdCanada This is happening. Yacouba has been invited to attend a UN Convention to Combat Desertification summit in October this year. 150 environment ministers will watch the film, followed by a Q&A session with Yacouba. This came about after a Desertification summit in Caux, Switzerland where the film was screened and Yacouba attended.

[MsColdCanada]

If whatever this guy's way of doing things worked then shouldn't somebody be presenting it to the governments of Kenya and Ethiopia so they can try to fix the problem in the horn of Africa this way?