Malawi: two young men

After completing school, two friends are faced with the problem of finding a place in Malawian society. They are shown in an unsuccessful attempt to become middlemen, buying and smoking fish, then selling them at an inland market. Failing, they go to a city where they spend days seeking work. Unemployment, high cost of living and unfriendly people sends one of the two back to his village.

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Credits

production company

Churchill Films

Dimension Films

director

Max Reid

Duration

00:14:30:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323451

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employment

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → City and town life

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Village communities - Africa

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Africa - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → City and town life

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1971

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