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Water Once a Day

Alternative title
Water Once a Day: Town Women of Cape Verde
Synopsis
In a poor suburb on the outskirts of the capital of Cape Verde, where one standpipe serves 3,000 people, and then only for three hours a day, Balila, who is 53 and blind, sells water. She has had a hard life, bringing up two daughters on her own. Her story is typical of many Cape Verde women who live in a society where the men have to emigrate.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
1985
Year of production
1983
Subjects
Anthropology; Environmental science; Women’s studies
Keywords
Cape Verde; ecology; environmental issues; ethnology; water; women’s issues

Credits

Director
Tamara Wyss

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£20.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
46 minutes
Year
2012

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.

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