Taxi Sister

Overview

Taxi Sister is a documentary about Boury, a female taxi driver in Dakar, Senegal. As a woman behind the wheel she leads a busy life filled with everyday drama, and constantly grapples with society’s view and expectations on women. The film is based on the Taxi Sister project, which was started by the Senegalese state in 2007 with the aim of encouraging female entrepreneurs. Ten women were offered the opportunity to get a drivers license and buy a car on credit. Today there are fifteen women taxi drivers in Dakar, which is nothing compared to the fifteen thousand male taxi drivers.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2011

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French, Wolof

Director

Theresa Traoré Dahlberg

Producer

Fatou Bintou Sarr,Theresa Traoré Dahlberg,Karim Dieye

Cinematography

Senay Berhe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt5209640