This is something of a whirlwind tour through one of the largest countries of Africa, but in five minutes we are treated to all manner of activities in a random fashion, from frenetic sabre-wielding dancers to artisans working in a foundry, fashioning tools and weapons.
Also in this combined programme
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Les chasseurs d’ivoire
Alfred Machin follows the process of hunting an elephant, removing the tusks, and on to the workshops where craftsmen fashion new objects from the ivo -
Teug: Chaudronnerie d’Art
Our heroes take broken engines and dismantle them, recovering the aluminium and reshaping it into a variety of cooking utensils. -
Blind Date
Inspired by the Baganda tribal creation myth of Kintu, the first man and woman on earth are observed during their sensual awakening. -
Borderline
A ground-breaking film for its treatment of race and sexuality starring black American icon Paul Robeson, depicting an inter-racial love triangle in a
Film details
- Country of production
- Sudan
- Year
- 1908
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 4'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
