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Me broni ba / a film by Akosua Adoma Owusu.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Akan
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Africa.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).
- Body image--Ghana.
- Body image.
- Black people--Race identity--Ghana.
- Black people.
- Hairdressing--Ghana.
- Hairdressing.
- Black people--Race identity.
- Africa.
- Ghana.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (22 minutes)
- Other Title:
- My white baby
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 2009.
- Language Note:
- In Akan and English, with some subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Weaving together sequences of hair-braiding salons in Ghana, voice-over of Oprah rhapsodizing brown-skinned dolls and animated clips of signature hairstyles, Me Broni Ba (My White Baby) is an artfully composed, thought-provoking work that investigates the fraught relationship between images of beauty and power.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 17, 2019).
- Won 2009 Athens International Film and Video Festival Documentary Film Award, Documentary, Short
- Won 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale Talent Campus
- Won 2009 Chicago Underground Film Festival Jury Award, Best Documentary Short
- OCLC:
- 1104051917
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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