African Shorts
- Synopsis
- A compilation of three short films.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Senegal
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 69 min.
- Availability
- Sale; 2001 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)
- Subjects
- Development studies; Media studies
- Keywords
- cinema - Africa; developing countries
Credits
- Director
- Mohamed Camara; Moussa Yoro Bathily; Ousmane Sembéne
Sections
- Title
- Denko
- Synopsis
- 1: (d. Mohamed Camara, 1992, 21 min., France/Guinea). Mariama is a poor woman whose son Bilaly is blind. Both are rejected by fellow villagers. One day Mariama saves a drowning man, Samba, who turns out to be an albino with healing powers. He offers to he
- Title
- Certificate of destitution
- Synopsis
- 2: (d. Moussa Yoro Bathily, 1982, 35 min., Senegal). A woman takes her sick child to hospital in Dakar. The woman is very poor, but, before giving free treatment, the hospital authorities demand to see a 'certificate of poverty'. Unable to cope with a hea
- Title
- Borom Sarratt
- Synopsis
- 3: (d. Ousmane Sembéne, 1963, 18 min., France/Senegal). The director is a radical political artist who uses film to contribute to progressive social change. His first film uses a mixture of documentary techniques and fiction to tell the story of a young c
Distributor
- Name
BFI Video
- video.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8957
- Fax
- 020 7957 8968
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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