Bio

After studying international journalism, Catherine Hébert took her first long trip through West Africa, a journey that inspired a strong desire to make documentaries and explore the continent. She went on to make numerous documentary reports and films, from Uganda to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, along with India and Bangladesh. Her deep interest in human rights, history and politics is the cornerstone of her work. The Other Side of the Country (2008), a film about the war in northern Uganda, earned critical acclaim and was selected by numerous festivals. With Notes on a Road Less Taken, the filmmaker presents her most personal film to date, told in the form of a quest for stories. She is currently working on a new film, Dis-moi ce que tu manges (Tell Me What You Eat), examining the dysfunctional food system, which produces malnutrition in both the north and the south.

 

Works

Notes on a Road Less Taken

  • 2015
  • Catherine Hébert

When Marc Roger, a public reader, sets himself the challenge of walking from Saint-Malo, France, to Bamako, Mali, along with a donkey laden with books to be read aloud, filmmaker Catherine Hébert (The Other Side of the Country) joins him in Morocco, her camera rolling."

Notes on a Road Less Taken

Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah

  • 2022
  • Catherine Hébert

The little-known editor of the epic opus Shoah, Ziva Postec delves into her memories, where personal recollection mingles with the shards of History. For the first time, she tells her story, bringing previously unseen footage to the screen.

An archival photo of a young boy in an overcoat outside of a cafe

He's The Man

  • 2015
  • Catherine Hébert

He’s a priest, he doesn’t say Mass and yet, every Sunday he assembles the same group of people at St. Gemma’s Church.

He's The Man

The Other side of the country

  • 2015
  • Catherine Hébert

Une œuvre méditative et esthétiquement achevée qui plonge au cœur de la guerre qui fait rage depuis 20 ans au nord de l’Ouganda. Quand la forme se met au service de la dénonciation.

Image of The Other side of the country