In Danku the soup is sweeter / produced and directed by Gary Beitel.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Beitel, Garry, author.

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

aBusinesswomen--Ghana.

aBusinesswomen.

Rural women--Ghana--Social conditions.

Rural women.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (30 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1993.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

As in many African villages, life in Danku in the north of Ghana has been a struggle for subsistence. The women bear the burden of caring for the children, raising food, and trying to make life better for their families. Through a special project of the Canadian International Development Agency, the women were given access to credit for the first time. This film shows how this little bit of financial aid allowed the women to become "entrepreneurs." We follow two women who take advantage of this program, borrowing a little bit of start up money. We see how hard they work to pay back their loans. One makes butter from arduously pounding vegetables; the other cooks delicious soup from seasonal crops. They each sell their products from door to door and at the market near their village. Eventually their efforts make a small profit that affords their families some more comforts. This beautifully filmed video captures the rhythms of village life and the tenacity of the women who, though uneducated, are willing to undertake new responsibilities.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

OCLC:

747797833

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.