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Wadjda’s Will Power
The posters in Paris say “more than 250,000 viewers already”. That might sound negligible for larger film productions, but for a small film from Saudi-Arabia it is quite impressive. A surprise hit in France as well as in other European countries, Wadjda by Haifaa Al Mansour, the first Saudi female filmmaker in history, has charmed critics and viewers alike with a simple yet thought-provoking story.
Gods: Lavish Living in Lima
Peru’s relatively small cinema industry has produced a number of films addressing the country’s class division (for more information, look up Grupo Chaski), more often than not depicting the story from the point of view of the oppressed. For a change, director Josué Méndez’s Gods (Dioses) is a social commentary from the point of view of the upper class.
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Wadjda
IRECTED BY Haifaa Al Mansour Highlook Communications Group, Razor Film Produktion GmbH,Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) SAUDI-ARABIA / GERMANY, 2012 ARABIC
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FOLA DJEMBE – Portrait of a Djembe drum
IT NOARDERLAN BY RICHARD VAN DER LAAN - 4.5 MIN DOCUMENTARY/EXPERIMENTAL – NETHERLANDS, 2012 Musical portrait of a Djembe drum, how it’s made and how it sounds. Handcrafted and played by Martin Bernhard. Djembe comes from the saying “Anke djé, anke bé” which translates to “everyone gather together in peace” and defines the drum’s [...]
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Schooling in Ventanilla10/10/2012 - 9:20 pmAbout: Filmed in conjunction with fieldwork for an anthropological PhD thesis, this short documentary will try participatory ethnographic filmmaking in a primary and secondary school in the district of Ventanilla, Lima, Peru. Full project description to come! * Acerca de: Cortometraje documental realizado con el método del cine participativo, o cine comunitario, en una [...]
