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Mambar Pierrette / Icarus Films ; Tândor Productions présente ; en coproduction avec la RTBF (Télévision belge) et Tândor Films ; réalisatrice, Rosine Mbakam ; scripte, Mireille Grace Ambang ; produit par Geoffroy Cernaix, Rosine Mbakam.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Bamileke languages
- Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other)
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Women dressmakers--Cameroon--Social conditions.
- Women dressmakers.
- Women--Cameroon--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Douala (Cameroon)--Social life and customs.
- Douala (Cameroon).
- Genre:
- documentary film.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (93 minutes)) : sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2023]
- [Reading, PA] : Docuseek, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In French, Bamileke, and Cameroon Pidgin with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Rosine Mbakam's narrative film debut about a seamstress facing a series of misfortunes. Over the past decade, Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam (Chez Jolie Coiffure, Delphine’s Prayers) has distinguished herself for her quietly observational documentary portraits of African women. With Mambar Pierrette, her feature narrative debut, Mbakam turns her documentarian’s eye to the eponymous Pierrette, a gifted seamstress who works to support her young children and mother. The city of Douala, Cameroon is getting ready for the start of the school year. A long line of customers come to Pierrette to prepare their clothes for upcoming social events and ceremonies. More than a seamstress, she is the confidant of her customers and community. But when it starts pouring and the rain threatens to flood her workshop - one of many misfortunes - Pierrette will have to struggle to stay afloat. Marked by moments of beauty and quiet grace, Mbakam’s naturalistic approach favors a portrait of resilience in the face of adversity and socioeconomic hardship.
- Participant:
- Featuring, Pierrette Aboheu Njeuthat.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Fiona Braillon ; editor, Geoffroy Cernaix.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on January 28, 2025).
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 11, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1429676074
- Publisher Number:
- if-mambar Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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