The film deals with the nomadic desert people of the Sahel, whose plight has worsened in the recent years of drought.这部电影讲述萨赫勒地区沙漠游牧民族的故事，近年的干旱使他们的困苦日益加深。Mali once was a major trading and transportation centre between North Africa and the Sahel.马里曾一度为北非与萨赫勒地区间贸易和交通的中心。