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Films
7 Films
with a digital version available
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Region
“East Africa”
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Series
“0”
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Status
“A”
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films with a digital version
7
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short films
1
films available on demand
1
Region
East Africa
7
x
Country
Kenya
3
Madagascar
1
Senegal
1
Tanzania
1
Uganda
1
Keywords
Children / Young people
2
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Development projects
1
Environment
1
Ethnofiction
1
Everyday Life
1
Gender Role and Identity
2
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Health / Healthcare / Healing
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Political Activists
1
Resistance
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
1
Social Change
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Akin, Dorcas
1
Atieno, Lavine
1
Awino, Effie
1
Geißler, Wenzel
1
Hawkins, Richard
1
Heald, Suzette
1
Ndinya, June
1
Njoki, Ruth
1
Picard, David
1
Prince, Ruth
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Strasse, Cornelia
1
Tuchtenhagen, Ruth
1
Series
not set
7
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Country of production
Kenya
2
Senegal
1
Switzerland
1
Tanzania
1
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Year of production
1988
1
2001
1
2009
1
2010
1
2013
1
2016
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2018
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Status
Film list
Adhiambo – Born in the Evening
2001
66
‘
Directed by
Ruth Prince
Wenzel Geißler
Ruth Tuchtenhagen
.
‘Adhiambo’ means ‘the one born in the evening’ in the language of the Luo of western Kenya. The film follows NyaSeme, a married mother and grandmother in her late 30s, during the last month
East Africa
Children / Young people
Health / Health care / Healing
Atieno
2018
64
‘
Directed by
June Ndinya
Effie Awino
Ruth Njoki
Lavine Atieno
Dorcas Akin
.
Atieno is a collaborative fiction film scripted, acted and directed by DreamGirls, a group of adolescent girls and young women from Nairobi and Kisumu. The film tells of Atieno, a 16 year old girl
East Africa
Health / Healthcare / Healing
Children / Young people
Gender Role and Identity
Ethnofiction
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Sex / Sexuality
Imbalu: Ritual of Manhood of the Gisu of Uganda
1988
69
‘
Directed by
Richard Hawkins
.
An insightful documentary, constructed with visual restraint, about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts
East Africa
Ritual
Gender Role and Identity
Law and War in Rural Kenya
2010
64
‘
Directed by
Suzette Heald
.
In 1998, a new movement swept through Kuria, in south western Kenya with dramatic effect. Cattle raiding fuelled by the increasing presence of guns had led to a situation of total insecurity, with
East Africa
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Messages by Music – Senegal in Transition
2013
76
‘
Directed by
Cornelia Strasse
.
The traditional musicians in Senegal were in charge of retaining the history of their ethnic group, along with ways of thinking and behaving. Their aim was to conserve the society. Nowadays the
East Africa
Music / Ethnomusicology
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Social Change
Political Activists
Resistance
Uncanny Strangers
2009
46
‘
Directed by
David Picard
.
Uncanny Strangers has been filmed in a fishing village in the South-West of Madagascar. Through a series of everyday life episodes the film provides insight into the relationships between the
East Africa
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Development projects
Environment
The Way We Live Now
2016
32
‘
Student
Directed by
Sophia Hersi Smith
.
‘The Way We Live Now’ is an intimate portrait of the daily routines and rituals of the Hadza; modern-day hunter-gatherers living in the acacia-baobab woodlands surrounding Lake Eyasi in North-Central
East Africa
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Everyday Life