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Zan Boko / un film de Gaston J.M. Kaboré ; scénario et réalisation, Gaston J.M. Kaboré.
LIBRA DVD 017 101
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Library of African cinema (Videodisc)
- The library of African video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Mooré
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--Africa, West--Drama.
- Urbanization.
- Social conditions.
- Africa, West--Social conditions--Drama.
- Africa, West.
- Burkina Faso--Social conditions--Drama.
- Burkina Faso.
- Urbanization--Burkina Faso--Drama.
- Tales--Burkina Faso.
- Tales.
- West Africa.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Burkina Faso.
- Motion pictures, Burkinabe.
- Social problem films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- English title on container: Homeland
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, CA] : California Newsreel, [2007?]
- Language Note:
- Credits and titles in French; dialogue in Môre (Mossi), with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Zan boko means "the place where the placenta is buried" and symbolizes the continuity between past and present in African village societies. Tells the story of one village swallowed up by one of Africa's large cities and the change from agrarian society to a mass media culture.
- Participant:
- Joseph Nikiema, Colette Kaboré, Celestin N. Zongo
- Credits:
- Photography, Sekou Ouedraogo; editors, Andree Davanture, Marie-Jeanne Kanyala; music, Henri Guedon, Don Cherry.
- Notes:
- This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
- Originally produced in Burkina Faso as a motion picture in 1988.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
- OCLC:
- 192051028
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