C'est la Vie (for Causette, with journalist Sophie Boutboul)
C’est la Vie is a senegalese TV series about daily life in a medical centre of Dakar. Throughout its plot, the series fights against violence against women (forced mariages, excision, rape…) but also for a better education or the decrease of fake medicine trafficking. The series was created by the NGO Réseau africain pour l’éducation et la santé (RAES).
C'est la Vie has become well known in western Africa and beyond and it is broadcasted in lots of African countries and TV channels.

On the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal - April 2017

Actress Fatou Jupiter Touré, during make up, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- March 2017

An electricity technician on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- March 2017

On the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal - March 2017

Actors and technicians during a scene, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal - March 2017

Director Lucrèce D'almeida (right) and script in front of control screens, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- March 2017

Joking between two scenes, actresses Awa Djiga Kane, (centre), Fatou Jupiter Touré (left) and director Lucrèce D'Almeida (right), on film the set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- March 2017

Director Lucrèce D'almeida (left) congratulating one of her actresses after a scene, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- March 2017

The sound staff, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- April 2017

An actress before a scene, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- April 2017

Actress Fatou Jupiter Touré getting ready before a scene, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- April 2017

A light technician, on the filmvset of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- April 2017

Directror of photography Nasr Djepa, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- April 2017

During a scene, on the set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- April 2017

Extras waiting, on film the set of C'est la vie, underneath prevention posters about maternal mortality, AIDS and birth spacing, Dakar, Sénégal- March 2017

From left to right, actress Fatou Jupiter Touré, director Lucrèce D'Almeida (in blue) and director of photography Nasr Djepa, working on a scene, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- March 2017

During a child birth scene, on the film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal- April 2017

Director assistant Pape Seck holding a baby right before a childbirth scene, onvthe film set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal - April 2017

During a scene at a hairdresser's, on film the set of C'est la vie, Dakar, Sénégal - April 2017

Aïda Badji (a fan of the series) watching an episode of C'est la vie at her home, Dakar, Sénégal- April 2017