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Awaiting for Men

  • En attendant les hommes
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title : À espera dos homens [Portugal]
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2007
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 56 (in minutes)

Oualata, uma cidade vermelha à beira do deserto do Saara. Nesse lugarejo, protecção frágil contra o vento, três mulheres praticam pintura tradicional decorando os muros da cidade.
Numa sociedade aparentemente dominada pela tradição, religião e os homens, essas mulheres expressam-se sem reservas. Tecem livremente comentários sobre a relação entre homem e mulher.

À ESPERA DOS HOMENS (EN ATTENDANT LES HOMMES)
de Katy Léna Ndiaye, Bélgica / Mauritania, 2007, 56'

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In the haven of Oualata, a red city on the far edge of the Sahara desert, three women practice traditional painting by decorating the walls of the city. In a society apparently dominated by tradition, religion and men, these women unabashedly express themselves freely discussing the relationship between men and women.

Awaiting for Men (En attendant les hommes)
Written by Katy Léna Ndiaye. Photographed by Herman Bertiau.
56 mins, In Hassania with English subtitles, Color, Beta SP, 2007,



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2009 | African Film Festival - BAM-PAF (University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive) | BERKELEY, Ca, United States | January 25, 2009 - February 22, 2009 | www.bampfa.berkeley.edu
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