Visages de femmes = Faces of women

Twelve years in the making, “Visages de Femmes” is a wonderfully unpredictable and creative look at the financial, sexual and emotional emancipation of African women. The film is a series of episodes linked by a chorus featuring traditional singing and dancing. Ecare’s achievement is to create a visual feast which owes little to colonial models of cinema.

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Credits

production company

Films de la Lagune

producer/director

Desire Ecare

Duration

01:45:00:00

Production places

Cote D'ivoire

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302358

Language

French

Audience classification

R (18+)

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Ivory Coast

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Women - Africa

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Africa

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women - Africa

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Ivory Coast

Foreign language films

Places → Ivory Coast

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Cote D'ivoire, 1985

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