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Me broni ba / a film by Akosua Adoma Owusu ; story, Adowa Adu-Gyamfi.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 022 575
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Adu-Gyamfi, Adowa, author.
- Language:
- Akan
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Africa.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).
- Body image--Africa.
- Body image.
- Body image--Ghana.
- Black people--Race identity--Ghana.
- Black people.
- Beauty culture--Ghana.
- Beauty culture.
- Black people--Race identity.
- Ghana.
- Africa.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- English title on disc label: My white baby
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cinema Guild, [2009]
- Language Note:
- In Akan and English, with some yellow subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A film that combines montages of hair salons in Ghana with various images of Western pop culture, invoking a clash of cultures and communities. The film mixes grainy black & white footage with colorful shots of billboards and murals advertising various hair styles. It incorporates audio snippets of beauty instruction and tips from the 1950s. The filmmaker uses the resulting comparisons to explore the legacy, changes, and ongoing effect that European Colonialism has dealt to African culture.
- Participant:
- Voice overs: Hazil Adofo.
- Credits:
- Cameras, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Dustin Thompson, Romulo Alejandro ; editor, Romulo Alejandro ; music, Woody Guthrie, performed by Sharon Jones and the dap-kings.
- Notes:
- DVD release of the 2008 production.
- This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 078151326X
- 9780781513265
- OCLC:
- 460121624
- Publisher Number:
- 2358 Cinema Guild
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