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Uhiki = The wedding / Africa Health and Development International (AHADI) in partnership with Twaweza Communications presents ; director, producer, Matrid Nyagah ; screenplay, Gitau wa Mitambo ; concept, Kimani Njogu ; scriptwriters, Mwangi Gachara, Gitau Mitambo ; screenplay, Gitau wa Mitambo.
Penn Museum Library - Media DVD/PAL DT433.545.K55 U465 2013
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Kikuyu
- Subjects (All):
- Kikuyu (African people)--Marriage customs and rites.
- Kikuyu (African people).
- Human ecology--Kenya.
- Human ecology.
- Kenya.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (46 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Wedding
- Place of Publication:
- Nairobi : Africa Health and Development International, [2013]
- Language Note:
- In English and Kikuyu with subtitles in English; credits in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, PAL; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital optical
- widescreen (1.85:1)
- PAL
- video file DVD video
- Summary:
- "This documentary film ... is a journey into the heart of Gikuyu culture, through the eyes of a young man getting married. It captures the links between cultural practices and the environment."--Container. The footage alternates between an enacted Gikuyu wedding and interviews with Gikuyu elders and cultural scholars.
- Participant:
- Ndungu wa Ruguru, Murage wa Kuraya, Kimiti wa Gitau.
- Interviewees: Kimani Njogu, Judy Wambui, Peter Kiarie, Amos Kiriro, Joseph Kamaru, Wanjiku wa Waweru.
- Credits:
- Executive producer, Kimani Njogu; sound, Stephen Ndumbi; lighting, Mrima Chilango; editor, cinematography, Peter Kabi.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2013.
- OCLC:
- 903195287
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