They carry their families / produced by Ingo A. Zamperoni.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Zamperoni, Ingo A.

Filmakers Library, inc.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Mauritania.

Sex role.

Women--Social conditions--Mauritania.

Women.

Mauritania--Social life and customs.

Mauritania.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 min.).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2000, 1998.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Life in a rural village in Mauritania is hard on women. Tradition and Islamic religion are intertwined to reinforce strict gender roles. The husband is the protector and keeper; his word is law. While the men take their ease, the girls and women are off to the fields during the peanut planting and harvest season, walking five miles each way, and coming home with heavy burdens from the fields to prepare the family dinner. They carry the water, sweep the yard, wash the clothes, and care for the children. This short, beautifully filmed video captures succinctly the subservience of women, while at the same time remaining respectful of tradition and culture. There are no drugs, alcohol or loneliness in this kind of community, where family bonds are very strong. We hear from several young Peace Corps workers in the village who are hopeful that by educating and thereby widening the horizons of young women, eventually women will have more choices. From a Western perspective, the future of Africa depends on education and family planning.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 6, 2012).

Recorded Soninke village, Mauritania 0000.

Associated Press, Best Enterprise Reporting (New England), 1999

Middle East Studies Association, 1999

OCLC:

780754647