Sahel par lui-même is an action research initiative which aims, in a very concrete way, experimenting with visual tools to engage local populations in dialogues on their life situations and futures, by training “comunity filmmakers”. Involving people whose lives are often characterized by violence, "radicalization", migration, and poverty, visual narratives will center around the issues defining people’s lives. This will be achieved by what we call the “Sahel par lui même methodology”: organizing film-training courses to educate individuals selected by their communities to make films about their individual and/or community lives. Filmmaking intend to be a creative space for reflection and storytelling. The outcome; the films and ethnographic knowledge, will be used in various ways, to various audiences and stakeholders, locally, regionally and internationally. In local commuites, villages, in classrooms in schools and universities, at filmfestivals and other sorts of filmscreenings This page intend to be a recourse for initaiting such dialouges.