Africa dreaming / series executive producer, Jeremy Nathan.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pakleppa, Richard, director.

Ribeiro, João, director.

Sissako, Abderrahmane, director, screenwriter.

Nathan, Jeremy, producer.

Pickering, Bridget, producer.

Fourati, Dora Bouchoucha, producer.

Ramaka, Joseph Gai, producer.

Soyinka, Wole.

Pimenta, Pedro, producer.

California Newsreel (Firm), distributor, producer.

Language:

Arabic

English

French

Khoisan (Other)

Multiple languages

Portuguese

Wolof

Subjects (All):

Love--Africa--Drama.

Love.

Television programs--Africa.

Television programs.

Television plays--Namibia.

Television plays.

Television plays--Mozambique.

Television plays--Senegal.

Television plays--Tunisia.

Television plays--Africa.

Women--Namibia--Social conditions--Drama.

Women.

Women--Tunisia--Drama.

Physicians--Senegal--Drama.

Physicians.

Machismo--Mozambique--Drama.

Machismo.

Machismo in motion pictures.

Motion pictures, African.

Short films.

Social conditions.

Africa--In motion pictures.

Africa.

Africa--Social conditions--1960---Drama.

Mozambique.

Senegal.

Tunisia.

Namibia.

Genre:

Romance television programs.

Feature films.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [2007?]

Language Note:

In Nama, Arabic, French, Wolof and Portuguese with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD format.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

In Sophia's homecoming from Namibia, a woman who has worked as a domestic in Windhoek for 12 years comes home to her husband, children and sister and finds that their lives are irreparably altered.

In Sabriya, the arrival of a modern, free-spirited woman disrupts the mosaic of male Maghrebi society as represented by two Tunisian chess players.

So be it, based on the play The strong breed, by Wolé Soyinka, follows the destruction of a well intentioned doctor in a remote Senegalese village.

The gaze of the stars shows the destructiveness of machismo in a Mozambiquan community.

Contents:

Sophia's homecoming / directed by Richard Pakleppa ; produced by Bridget Pickering

Sabriya / written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako ; produced by Dora Bouchoucha Fourati

So be it / written, directed and produced by Joseph Gai Ramaka

The gaze of the stars / directed by João Ribeiro ; produced by Pedro Pimenta.

Notes:

This DVD-R may not be compatible with all DVD players.

Four short films on love from Namibia, Tunisia, Senegal, and Mozambique.

Originally produced for television broadcast in 1997.

Related Work:

Soyinka, Wole. Plays. Selections

Contains:

Sophia's homecoming.

Sabriya.

So be it.

Gaze of the stars.

OCLC:

189842741