African Eyes on Europe (3 Parts)

Alternative title

Lettres Africaines (3 Parts)

Synopsis

Three films each directed by an African film-maker in a country in Europe. Each is a letter to a close friend or relative telling them a personal story about their images and impressions of Europe.

Language

English

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 25 min.

Year of production

1995

Availability

Sale; 1996 sale: £95.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Subjects

Anthropology

Keywords

Africa; cultural influences; Ghana; Kenya; Poland; Zaire

Credits

Director

Jakub Barua; Mweze Ngangura; Rosemary Dei-Boateng

Producer

Parminder Vir

Sections

Title

Candlelit landscape

Synopsis

1 (director Jakub Barua): Jakub Barua, a film-maker of Kenyan and Polish origins, while observing the Polish Easter and recounting memories of the Polish side of his family, answers in a video letter the question posed by his cousin in Kenya: should he st

Title

Rosemary’s baby

Synopsis

2 (director Rosemary Dei-Boateng): Ghanaian film-maker Rosemary Dei-Boateng writes to to her aunt in Ghana, in which she examines the choices available to an English mother compared with her own experiences of childbirth in an East London hospital and the

Title

Letter to Makura

Synopsis

3 (director Mweze Ngangura): Shot in Marollians market in a poor sector of Brussels by the Zairean film-maker Mweze Ngangura and addressed to his friend, a tribal chief back home in Zaire, Ngangura likens the life, local colour and eccentric characters in

Production Company

Name

Formation Films Ltd

Sponsor

Name

France

Distributor

Name

Formation Films Ltd

Phone

020 8960 1647

Address

PO Box 3635
Harlesden
London
NW10 5BJ

Notes

aka: Rishi Films Ltd