Alidou Badini is a filmmaker from Burkina Faso who has worked on many films and TV productions.
[1] Badini has been cameraman or assistant director on various films for the cinema and TV, starting with Keïta!
[1] Badini was co-director of Le Beurre et l'argent du beurre, which explores the trade in shea butter made from the nuts of the shea tree, a source of cash to subsistence farmers in Burkina Faso.
The almonds and the butter extracted from the nuts are used in cooking and body care.
Although attempts have been made to apply "fair trade" principles, the film questions whether the villagers can in practice escape the implacable force of the market.