After the Drought: A Peasant Family in West Africa

Synopsis

About a peasant family living in the village of Piela - a loosely nucleated settlement of compounds with little centrality - in the central part of Upper Volta, who make their living primarily by farming, supplemented by income from two wage-earning sons.

Language

English

Country

Denmark

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 30 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1976

Availability

Hire

Uses

Introduction to contemporary West Africa - agriculture, non-nuclear family structure, marketing; also helpful in geography courses.

Keywords

Africa; rural communities; Upper Volta

Credits

Director

Aage Peterson; Kristian Palvden; O G Sven

Producer

Willy Rohoe

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Sponsor

Name

Danchurchaid

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.