Les prières de Delphine = Delphine's prayers / Tândor Productions présente ; en coproduction avec L'Atelier Cinéma du Gsara [and 3 others] ; un film de Rosine Mbakam ; production, Tândor Productions, Geoffroy Cernaix, Rosine Mbakam.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Mbakam, Rosine Mfetgo, film director, film producer, photographer.

Cernaix, Geoffroy, film producer, editor of moving image work.

Tándor Productions, production company.

Atelier Cinéma du Gsara, production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

Creoles and Pidgins (Other)

English

French

Subjects (All):

Prostitutes--Belgium--Social conditions.

Prostitutes.

West Africans--Belgium--Social conditions.

West Africans.

Women immigrants--Belgium--Social conditions.

Women immigrants.

Social conditions.

Belgium.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (91 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

Delphine's prayers

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Film, [2021]

Language Note:

In English, Cameroon Pidgin, and French with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Delphine reclines on a daybed in her bright, cluttered apartment in Belgium, an empty crib beside her. "I started to work the streets like crazy," she says, matter-of-factly recounting her life story: "Selling my body." Delphine, who is only identified by her first name, is quick-witted, engaging, passionate, and intense. Born and raised in Cameroon, at 30, she has survived a series of personal catastrophes. Her mother died in childbirth, and her father did little to care for his children. She was raped at 13, became a mother soon after, and supported herself with sex work on the streets of Douala. Now, she lives with a Belgian husband three times her age and their children, estranged from much of her family. Unable to find a job, Delphine styles hair at home and still turns to sex work from time to time to have some independence and money of her own. Like so many of her generation, Delphine left the oppression of a patriarchal society looking for a new life in Europe--only to find herself enmeshed in sexual exploitation of a different kind.

Participant:

Featuring Delphine.

Credits:

Cinematography and sound, Rosine Mbakam ; editing, Geoffroy Cernaix.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 01, 2021).

Publisher Number:

if-delph Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.