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AFRYKAS et la boîte magique
directed by Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-; produced by Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-, Cinekap and New Direction Films (Privately Published, 2022), 1 hour 3 mins
AFRYKAS is a journey and a tribute to Senegalese cinema, its directors, women artists and the mothers who inspire us. The film helps us discover the vibrant city of Dakar and the daily life of our characters. The film showcases the beauty, talent and dreams of African filmmakers inspired by the mother figure in Se...
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directed by Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-; produced by Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-, Cinekap and New Direction Films (Privately Published, 2022), 1 hour 3 mins
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AFRYKAS is a journey and a tribute to Senegalese cinema, its directors, women artists and the mothers who inspire us. The film helps us discover the vibrant city of Dakar and the daily life of our characters. The film showcases the beauty, talent and dreams of African filmmakers inspired by the mother figure in Senegalese society and dedicated to educating future generations.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-, Cinekap, New Direction Films
Author / Creator
Isabel Rivero-Vilá, 1976-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Actors, Film industry
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023
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First Conference of Caribbean Women Writers Tape 2: Saturday 4:15 pm to 5:15 pm
(Banyan Archive, 1988), 22 mins
Panel discussion with Michelle Cliff, Marion Patrick-Jones, Merle Collins
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(Banyan Archive, 1988), 22 mins
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Panel discussion with Michelle Cliff, Marion Patrick-Jones, Merle Collins
Date Written / Recorded
1988-04-09
Field of Study
Literature
Content Type
Panel discussion
Contributor
Merle Collins, 1950-, Marion Patrick-Jones, 1931-2016, Michelle Cliff, 1946-
Date Published / Released
1988
Publisher
Banyan Archive
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1988. Used with permission of the Banyan Archive.
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These Hands
directed by Flora M'mbugu-Schelling, fl. 1992; produced by Flora M'mbugu-Schelling, fl. 1992, Full Frame Production (California Newsreel, 1992), 46 mins
Who would have suspected that a 45 minute documentary about women crushing rocks, without narration or plot, would offer one of the most unforgettable and rewarding experiences of recent African cinema? Flora M'mbugu-Schelling's quiet tribute to women at the very bottom of the international economic order ultimate...
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directed by Flora M'mbugu-Schelling, fl. 1992; produced by Flora M'mbugu-Schelling, fl. 1992, Full Frame Production (California Newsreel, 1992), 46 mins
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Who would have suspected that a 45 minute documentary about women crushing rocks, without narration or plot, would offer one of the most unforgettable and rewarding experiences of recent African cinema? Flora M'mbugu-Schelling's quiet tribute to women at the very bottom of the international economic order ultimately deepens into a mediation on human labor itself. These Hands will stimulate viewers to rethink documentary and to question their own...
Who would have suspected that a 45 minute documentary about women crushing rocks, without narration or plot, would offer one of the most unforgettable and rewarding experiences of recent African cinema? Flora M'mbugu-Schelling's quiet tribute to women at the very bottom of the international economic order ultimately deepens into a mediation on human labor itself. These Hands will stimulate viewers to rethink documentary and to question their own role as consumers in a global economy. In These Hands, the camera acts as a compassionate witness to a day in the life of Mozambican women refugees working in a quarry outside Dar es Salaam - the relentless toil, the tender childcare, the nostalgic songs and joyous dancing at day's end. We slowly come to recognize that these women are, in fact, parts of a giant machine, not just the quarry but the international economic system as a whole. The rocks, the women, the scarred landscape, are being constantly ground into the common currency of industrial civilization. As the film unspools, we, the viewers, look on powerless and complicit, realizing we too are enmeshed in this global mechanism of social, economic and ideological reproduction. Director Flora M'mbugu-Schelling has explained why she refused to interpret or romanticize these women's story, to reduce them to a simple political pose or anthropological point. "Certain things you can say with words and certain things you cannot find words for...The time has passed when we can use the classic documentary style. I don't want to offend my audience by telling them what they should see or feel." It is precisely this refusal of premature closure that makes viewers so much more aware of their relationship to the film and its protagonists.
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Flora M'mbugu-Schelling, fl. 1992, Full Frame Production
Author / Creator
Flora M'mbugu-Schelling, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Rock quarries and quarrying, Refugees, Women in workforce, Economic depressions, Tanzanians, Bantu
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1992 California Newsreel
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Woubi Cheri
directed by Laurent Bocahut, 1964- and Philip Brooks, 1953-2003; produced by Laurent Bocahut, 1964- and Philip Brooks, 1953-2003, Dominant 7, ARTE and La Sept (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1998), 1 hour 2 mins
Woubi Chéri is the first film to give African homosexuals a chance to describe their world in their own words. Often funny, sometimes ribald, but always real, this documentary introduces us to gender pioneers demanding their right to construct a distinct African homosexuality.
The film introduces us to a cross-s...
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directed by Laurent Bocahut, 1964- and Philip Brooks, 1953-2003; produced by Laurent Bocahut, 1964- and Philip Brooks, 1953-2003, Dominant 7, ARTE and La Sept (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1998), 1 hour 2 mins
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Woubi Chéri is the first film to give African homosexuals a chance to describe their world in their own words. Often funny, sometimes ribald, but always real, this documentary introduces us to gender pioneers demanding their right to construct a distinct African homosexuality.
The film introduces us to a cross-section of Abidjan's woubi community. Vincent, an immigrant from Burkina Faso, is a traditional griot and sage. Laurent defied his fathe...
Woubi Chéri is the first film to give African homosexuals a chance to describe their world in their own words. Often funny, sometimes ribald, but always real, this documentary introduces us to gender pioneers demanding their right to construct a distinct African homosexuality.
The film introduces us to a cross-section of Abidjan's woubi community. Vincent, an immigrant from Burkina Faso, is a traditional griot and sage. Laurent defied his father's wishes that he become an auto mechanic to open a patisserie in Abidjan. Bibiche and Tatiana are cross-dressing prostitutes. Barbara, a glamorous more mature transvestite, is the leader of the tight-knit group and President of the Ivory Coast Transvestites Association. Laurent recalls this community was like a new family. "Your real family was the one you created. Nobody had to hide anything."
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Laurent Bocahut, 1964-, Philip Brooks, 1953-2003, Dominant 7, ARTE, La Sept
Author / Creator
Laurent Bocahut, 1964-, Philip Brooks, 1953-2003
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
California Newsreel
Topic / Theme
Gender identity, Counterculture, Gay rights, Homosexuality, Loma (Ivory Coast)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1998 California Newsreel
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