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Fathers
Title
Fathers [videorecording] / Magicworks ; MNET New Directions.
Published
[San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [c2000]
Physical Description
1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced in 2000 by Electronic Media Network Limited.
Public performance rights granted.
The father is in Amharic with English subtitles. Surrender is in Swahili with English subtitles. A barber's wisdom is in English.
Summary
Each of these three short dramatic films offers a critical look at the relationships between fathers and their children in contemporary Africa. In The father, the patriarch in question is ultimately the military dictatorship which terrorized Ethiopia in the '70s and '80s. Surrender, from Tanzania, shows the traditional face of paternal tyranny, a father controlling his son's life. A Barber's Wisdom, from Nigeria, shows a modern father who compromises his children in his relentless pursuit of money.
Variant and related titles
Father ; Surrender ; Barber's wisdom
Father.
Surrender.
Barber's wisdom.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Amharic; Swahili
Added to Catalog
August 02, 2004
Cast
[The father] Gerum Zenebe, Binyam Worku, Abonesh Mengistu, Abubakar Mohammed, Emebet Woldegabriel, Tefferialemu Tsion Kasshun. [Surrender] Abubakar Mohammed, Issa Ali Said. [A Barber's wisdom] Justus Esiri, Hilda Dokubo Mrakpor, Foluke Daramola, Joy Onwubuya.
System details note
VHS format.
Audience
Not rated by MPAA.
Contents
The father / a Richard Green and Associates, Ahadu Films production ; a film by Ermias Woldeamlak ; producer, Maji-da Abdi ; writer, Manyazewal Endashaw ; director, Ermias Woldeamlak (29 min.)
Surrender / a Richard Green and Associates/Zenj Films production ; a film by Celine Gilbert ; producer, B. Nasra Hillal ; screenplay, Kiiza Kahama, Celine Gilbert ; director, Celine Gilbert (28 min.)
A barber's wisdom / a Richard Green & Associates, Alphavision Multimedia Limited production ; a film by Amaka Igwe ; producer, Tajuddeen Adepetu ; screenplay, Paul Emema ; director, Amaka Igwe (28 min.)
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