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Zanzibar Soccer Queens
produced by Florence Ayisi, 1962-, Iris Films (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008), 53 mins
In the Muslim country, Zanzibar, women’s activities are severely curtailed. This is a portrait of a feisty group of women who have defied the cultural constraints by playing a man’s game, soccer, and giving reign to their competitive spirit. The women talk about the difference soccer has made in their daily li...
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produced by Florence Ayisi, 1962-, Iris Films (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2008), 53 mins
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In the Muslim country, Zanzibar, women’s activities are severely curtailed. This is a portrait of a feisty group of women who have defied the cultural constraints by playing a man’s game, soccer, and giving reign to their competitive spirit. The women talk about the difference soccer has made in their daily lives. Ordinarily they are expected to remain at home. Now their horizons have widened, their physical fitness has improved, and their se...
In the Muslim country, Zanzibar, women’s activities are severely curtailed. This is a portrait of a feisty group of women who have defied the cultural constraints by playing a man’s game, soccer, and giving reign to their competitive spirit. The women talk about the difference soccer has made in their daily lives. Ordinarily they are expected to remain at home. Now their horizons have widened, their physical fitness has improved, and their sense of self has risen .One women is visibly angry at her husband for forbidding her to play. As she performs her domestic chores she bemoans her fate --a star player she was on her way to becoming famous in her country and even beyond its borders, until he made her resign. A cleric warns women that playing in shorts and jerseys is tempting to the male spectators who ordinarily only see women covered up from neck to ankles. The soccer women, however, are devout, and are suitably attired when they pray in mosques. They seem to separate their daily existence from their athletic lives. One woman wonders why other sports like volleyball are allowed, but soccer is banned. Clerical disapproval has meant that there is a lack of women’s teams with which to compete. The women must sometimes play against men's teams! High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Florence Ayisi, 1962-, Iris Films
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Sports, Women's issues, Ethnic Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Zulu Love Affairs
directed by Emmanuelle Bidou (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 1 hour 1 mins
Set in the verdant hills of Kwa-Zulu Natal, this is an intimate and spontaneous depiction of the lives of women left behind while their husbands, migrant laborers, work in the mines far away. By turns sad, touching or amusing, this film bears eloquent testimony to the ravages of an economic system which tears fami...
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directed by Emmanuelle Bidou (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2004), 1 hour 1 mins
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Set in the verdant hills of Kwa-Zulu Natal, this is an intimate and spontaneous depiction of the lives of women left behind while their husbands, migrant laborers, work in the mines far away. By turns sad, touching or amusing, this film bears eloquent testimony to the ravages of an economic system which tears families apart to feed South Africa's insatiable mines. These women raise huge families, tend the fields, herd the cattle, and generally ru...
Set in the verdant hills of Kwa-Zulu Natal, this is an intimate and spontaneous depiction of the lives of women left behind while their husbands, migrant laborers, work in the mines far away. By turns sad, touching or amusing, this film bears eloquent testimony to the ravages of an economic system which tears families apart to feed South Africa's insatiable mines. These women raise huge families, tend the fields, herd the cattle, and generally run village affairs. One says defiantly "I'm the man of the house." As they talk with each other and the filmmaker one hears many of the same joys and sorrows, angers and hopes as one would anywhere in the world. But here life is shaped by the absence of men, who seem to come home only to make children and contribute paltry pay to the subsistence of their families. Some women treasure their rare nights of passion with their husbands, while others resent their being left to languish in loneliness and sexual frustration. The filmmaker, a Western woman married to a Zulu musician has lived in the society. Her film captures the warmth and humor of the Zulu women, which they retain despite the challenges of their lives. College Adult
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Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Emmanuelle Bidou
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Relationships, Women's issues, Area Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2004. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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আন্ডার কন্সট্রাকশন = Under Construction
directed by Rubaiyat Hossain, 1981-; produced by Rubaiyat Hossain, 1981- and Nasir Kashem, fl. 2015, Khona Talkies; performed by Shahana Goswami, 1986-, Rikita Nandini Shimu, fl. 2010 and Mita Rahman, fl. 2015 (Dhaka, Dhaka Division: Khona Talkies, 2015), 1 hour 28 mins,
Source: www.imdb.com
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Under Construction is about a middle class Muslim woman struggling to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh. Theatre actress Roya suffers from her husband’s wish for children and traditional life. Not interested in motherhood, she decides to reconstruct a famous and politically minded play for modern ti...
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directed by Rubaiyat Hossain, 1981-; produced by Rubaiyat Hossain, 1981- and Nasir Kashem, fl. 2015, Khona Talkies; performed by Shahana Goswami, 1986-, Rikita Nandini Shimu, fl. 2010 and Mita Rahman, fl. 2015 (Dhaka, Dhaka Division: Khona Talkies, 2015), 1 hour 28 mins,
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Source: www.imdb.com
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Under Construction is about a middle class Muslim woman struggling to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh. Theatre actress Roya suffers from her husband’s wish for children and traditional life. Not interested in motherhood, she decides to reconstruct a famous and politically minded play for modern times, reclaiming her identity, her freedom and her sexuality in the process.
Field of Study
Women's Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Shahana Goswami, 1986-, Rikita Nandini Shimu, fl. 2010, Mita Rahman, fl. 2015
Contributor
Rubaiyat Hossain, 1981-, Nasir Kashem, fl. 2015, Khona Talkies, Arnob, 1978-
Author / Creator
Rubaiyat Hossain, 1981-, Shahana Goswami, 1986-, Rikita Nandini Shimu, fl. 2010, Mita Rahman, fl. 2015
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Khona Talkies
Topic / Theme
Performing arts life, Personal independence, Married persons, Sexuality, Roya, Moyna, Roya's Mother
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Khona Talkies
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