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Films
4 Films
Region
“West Africa”
x
Keywords
“Art Artists Artisans”
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Status
“A”
x
films with a digital version
2
short films
3
Region
West Africa
4
x
Country
Ghana
2
Nigeria
1
Togo
1
Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
2
Art / Artists / Artisans
4
x
Film / Photography / Mass media
1
History
1
Material Culture
2
Memory
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Trade
1
Directors
Beier, Ulli
1
Plessis, Nancy du
1
Saltman, Carlyn
1
Speed, Frank
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Wendl, Tobias
1
Series
not set
4
Country of production
Germany
1
Netherlands
1
Nigeria
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Year of production
1964
1
1997
1
1998
1
2016
1
Status
Film list
The Blooms of Benjeli: Technology and Gender in West African Ironmaking
1997
29
‘
Directed by
Carlyn Saltman
.
The filmmaker and two historians went into the village of Banjeli in 1985 to recreate for the film the traditional iron smelting techniques (which are no longer used) of the area. By focusing on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays
History
Material Culture
Future Remembrance – Photography and Image Arts in Ghana
1998
54
‘
Directed by
Tobias Wendl
Nancy du Plessis
.
The film portrays a vibrant range of contemporary and historical images by artists and photographers in Ghana. While glancing through the history of black & white photography in Ghana, the film
West Africa
Film / Photography / Mass media
Art / Artists / Artisans
Memory
New Images
1964
27
‘
Directed by
Ulli Beier
Frank Speed
.
The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Religion / Belief / Faith
Archival material / Museum displays
Unity: Dress-scapes of Accra
2016
37
‘
Directed by
Mara Lin Visser
.
This is a film about African fashion in the capital of Ghana. African printed fabrics seem to making a comeback in the fashion system of Accra. While following Allan, a fashion designer and his wife
West Africa
Trade
Material Culture
Art / Artists / Artisans