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Films
found one film
Keywords
“Family Kinship”
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Directors
“Lydall, Jean”
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Series
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Year of production
“2001”
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Region
North and Northeast Africa
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Country
Ethiopia
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Keywords
Family / Kinship
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Gender Role and Identity
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Marriage
1
Directors
Lydall, Jean
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Strecker, Kaira
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Series
not set
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Country of production
Germany
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Year of production
2001
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Film
Duka’s Dilemma
2001
87
‘
Directed by
Jean Lydall
Kaira Strecker
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Filmmaker and anthropologist Jean Lydall has been making films with the Hamar community of southern Ethiopia since the 1970s. In 2001 she returned with her daughter and grandson to follow the continuing life story of Duka. Candid interviews reveal the complex family dynamics when Duka’s husband, Sago, takes a second wife, Boro. This film provides an intimate and personal family portrait that captures Duka’s ambivalence at sharing her home and husband. The quiet suspense is only heightened when Duka’s mother-in-law starts stirring up trouble. The high points of the film include the birth of the new wife’s child, and heated dispute between the mother-in-law and her son, which leads to the building of a new house.
North and Northeast Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Gender Role and Identity