Prisms and portraits : the films of Rosine Mbakam.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Mbakam, Rosine Mfetgo, filmmaker.

Yameogo, Eléonore, filmmaker.

Van Dienderen, An, filmmaker.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Women.

Immigrants.

Mbakam, Rosine Mfetgo.

Women--Cameroon--Biography.

Mothers and daughters--Family relationships--Cameroon--Biography.

Mothers and daughters.

Motion picture producers and directors--Family relationships--Belgium--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Immigrants--Family relationships--Belgium--Biography.

Cameroonians--Family relationships--Belgium--Biography.

Cameroonians.

West Africans--Belgium--Brussels--Social life and customs.

West Africans.

Women immigrants--Belgium--Brussels--Social life and customs.

Women immigrants.

Beauty shops--Belgium--Brussels.

Beauty shops.

Prostitutes--Belgium--Social conditions.

Prostitutes.

West Africans--Belgium--Social conditions.

Women immigrants--Belgium--Social conditions.

Racism in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Motion pictures.

Racism in art.

women (female humans).

Women immigrants--Social life and customs.

Women immigrants--Social conditions.

Prostitutes--Social conditions.

Mothers and daughters--Family relationships.

Immigrants--Family relationships.

Documentary films.

Cameroon.

Belgium--Brussels.

Belgium.

Medical Subjects:

Women.

Genre:

documentary film.

Nonfiction films

Feature films

Documentary films

Biographies

Biographical films

Documentary films.

Biographical films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Physical Description:

4 videodiscs (approximately 315 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in. + insert (1 folded leaf : color illustrations ; 18 cm)

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus films, [2021]

Language Note:

All films except Prism are in French and Cameroon Pidgin with English subtitles. Prism is in French with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, all regions.

digital

optical

surround

Dolby digital

NTSC

video file

DVD video

all regions

Summary:

Rosine Mbakam's powerful empathetic documentary films focus on the migrant experiences of women and the legacies of colonialism. Cameroonian-born and Belgium-based Mbakam constructs films with a patient rigor devoted to giving the women she features space to tell their own stories.

The two faces of a Bamiléké woman: "Motivated by a desire to better understand her past, Rosine Mbakam returns to Cameroon after many years to interview her mother."--Container.

Chez Jolie Coiffure: "Step inside a tiny underground hair salon and meet its charismatic owner, a Cameroonian immigrant named Sabine."--Container.

Delphine's prayers: A portrait of Delphine, a Cameroonian woman who turned to prostitution to support her family."--Container.

Prism: "The hidden racism of cinematic technology is explored by three dynamic filmmakers."--Container.

Contents:

Disc 1: The two faces of a Bamiléké woman (76 mins, 2016) ; Doors of the past (14 mins, 2011) ; You will be my ally (20 mins, 2013)

disc 2: Chez Jolie Coiffure (70 mins, 2018)

disc 3: Delphine's prayers (91 mins, 2021)

disc 4: Prism / co-directed with Eléonore Yameogo and An van. Dienderen (78 mins, 2021)

Participant:

Rosine Mbakam [and others]

Notes:

Special features: two short films on Disc 1; 6-page booklet with a new essay by Lisa Kennedy.

Home use only.

Contains:

Container of: Deux visages d'une femme Bamiléké (Motion picture)

Container of: Chez Jolie Coiffure (Motion picture)

Container of: Prières de Delphine (Motion picture)

Container of: Prisme (Motion picture)

Two faces of a Bamiléké woman.

Delphine's prayers.

Prism.

Portes du passe.

Doors of the past.

Tu seras mon allié.

You will be my ally.

OCLC:

1311600577

Publisher Number:

854565003743 $34.99