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Films
3 Films
Country
“Botswana”
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Festival Prize Category
“0”
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short films
1
Region
Southern Africa
3
Country
Botswana
3
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Keywords
Death
1
Family / Kinship
2
Gender Role and Identity
2
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
2
Love
2
Marriage
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Directors
Werbner, Richard
3
Series
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
not set
2
Country of production
United Kingdom
3
Year of production
2014
1
2016
1
2018
1
Festival Prize Category
Film list
Breaking the Yard
2018
21
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
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"Breaking-the-Yard" documents the court hearings and troubled affairs of a quarrelsome young couple, a stay-at-home farmer and his police constable, town-savvy wife. They claim to be still
Southern Africa
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Love
Marriage
Burying Hallelujah
2014
51
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
Hallelujah, a ‘bush mechanic’ turned archbishop, gets the funeral he deserves, one of the very biggest in Botswana’s railway town, Palapye. Many churches come together, their robes, splendid, their
Southern Africa
Religion / Belief / Faith
Death
Caught in Between
2016
56
‘
Directed by
Richard Werbner
.
The focus is on a leading village elder, John Lelatlhego, a retired Human Resources administrator trained in settling disputes in the South African mines. John gets entangled in the long troubled
Southern Africa
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Love
Marriage