Lines in the dust / producer, Cassandra McGrogan ; directed by Lucinda Broadbent ; TVE.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Broadbent, Lucinda, film director.
• McGrogen, Cassandra, film producer, editor of moving image work.
• Gawin, Luke, film producer.
• Richards, Jenny (Film producer), editor of moving image work.
• George, Annie, narrator.
• Television Trust for the Environment.
• Bullfrog Films.
• BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Series:

• City life (Bullfrog Films) ; 20.
• City life ; 20

Language:

• English
• Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

• Division of labor--Ghana.
• Division of labor--India.
• Sex role--India.
• Sex role.
• Social change.
• Division of labor.
• India.
• Sex role--Ghana.
• Globalization--Economic aspects.
• Globalization--Social aspects.
• Social change--Ghana.
• Ghana.

Genre:

• Documentary films.
• Nonfiction films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 streaming video file (26 min.) : digital, sound, color.
• polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]

Language Note:

Narration in English with some speaking in various languages with English voiceovers.

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:

In a small village in Northern Ghana, a group of men and women sit around in a semi-circle, discussing the chart that they have drawn in the dust. The chart has three columns, showing the hours in the day and the different tasks men and women undertake during those hours. It soon becomes clear that women undertake the most labor intensive work -- fetching water and firewood, cleaning and preparing food -- and the discovery sparks a lively debate about why the men can not take on more 'women's' work. In this Muslim village, it is a radical move for men and women to sit down and debate together.

Participant:

Commentary, Annie George.

Credits:

Editor, Cassandra McGrogan ; series producer, Luke Gawin ; series editor, Jenny Richards.

Notes:

• Title from title frames.
• Originally produced by: TVE, ©2001; previously released in 2002.
• Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).

Publisher Number:

bf-clline Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.