Ninah's Dowry

  • 95'
  • Cameroon
  • 2012
It’s a euphemism to say it’s more difficult to make a film in Africa than elsewhere. It’s usually just plain impossible. That’s why the films that miraculously are made should be embraced.
The Ninah from the title is a woman who doesn’t have any choice in life. She is married off and abused. But she is not the kind of woman who lets this all happen to her; she starts her own restaurant, but can’t escape from her own past. She was once traded like a cow, and that value continues to pursue her.
The story should have been set in the hottest season, but a filmmaker doesn’t always have the choice. That’s why he had to shoot it in the rainy season and make the best of it. It seems symbolic for the situation of the film and basically for all African filmmaking. But some times necessity, that season, that African landscape, give something extra to a film. Survival is also an art. And every art has its own laws of beauty.

  • 95'
  • Cameroon
  • 2012
Director
Victor Viyuoh
Premiere
International premiere
Countries of production
Cameroon, USA
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
95'
Medium
DCP
Languages
English, Babanki
Producer
Victor Viyuoh
Production Company
Fintu Films LLC
Sales
Fintu Films LLC
Screenplay
Victor Viyuoh
Cinematography
Yibain Emile-Aime Chah
Editor
Andrew Groves
Production Design
Atabong Elvis Forbin
Sound Design
Jedidiah Njei
Music
Cody Westheimer
Cast
Hilarius Che Fuh, Mbufung Seikeh
Website
http://www.ninahsdowry.com
Director
Victor Viyuoh
Premiere
International premiere
Countries of production
Cameroon, USA
Year
2012
Festival Edition
IFFR 2013
Length
95'
Medium
DCP
Languages
English, Babanki
Producer
Victor Viyuoh
Production Company
Fintu Films LLC
Sales
Fintu Films LLC
Screenplay
Victor Viyuoh
Cinematography
Yibain Emile-Aime Chah
Editor
Andrew Groves
Production Design
Atabong Elvis Forbin
Sound Design
Jedidiah Njei
Music
Cody Westheimer
Cast
Hilarius Che Fuh, Mbufung Seikeh
Website
http://www.ninahsdowry.com