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Africa first.

Title
Africa first. Volume one.
Publication
Universal City, CA : Focus Features, [2011]

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Additional Authors
  • Kahiu, Wanuri
  • Gaye, Dyana
  • Bass, Jenna
  • Beetge, Jan-Hendrik
  • Africa First Short Film Program, production company.
  • Focus Features, production company.
  • Focus World (Firm), film distributor.
  • Wild Side Video (Firm), film distributor.
Description
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Short films from some of Africa's most compelling new talent. Pumzi: A futuristic film set in Nairobi, Kenya where the outdoors is extinct and has been outlawed. Saint Louis blues (also called N'Dar): A musical about a cross-country trip through Senegal in a battered taxi, as passengers sing their stories. The tunnel: In a small village in Zimbabwe terrorized by soldiers just after independence, a little girl creates a fantasy where her father escapes to freedom through a tunnel. The abyss boys: Two brothers who are abalone poachers in a South African fishing village try to escape their lives--but trying to escape causes their own destruction.
Alternative Title
  • Africa first. Vol. 1
  • N'Dar.
  • Pumzi.
  • Transporte en commun.
  • Saint Lous blues.
  • The Tunnel.
  • The Abyss boys.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Fiction films.
  • Short films.
  • Science fiction films.
  • Musical films.
  • Road films.
  • Feature films.
  • Motion pictures.
Note
  • All four movies originally released in 2009.
Credits (note)
  • Directors: Wanuri Kahiu, Dyana Gaye, Jenna Bass, Jan-Hendrik Beetge.
Performer (note)
  • Pumzi: Kudzani Moswela (Asha), Nicole Bailey (Binti).
System Details (note)
  • DVD-R ; NTSC; region 1 ; wide screen (aspect ratio 16:9) ; Dolby surround.
Language (note)
  • Dialogue in English, French, Wolof, and possibly other languages; subtitles in English.
Contents
Pumzi / by Wanuri Kahiu (22 min., South Africa, Kenya) -- Un transporte en commun = Saint Louis blues / by Dyana Gaye (48 min., France, Senegal) -- Tunnel / by Jenna Bass (25 min., South Africa) -- Abyss boys / Jan-Hendrik Beetge (26 min., South Africa).
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-2050
LCCN
886470043750
OCLC
740815616
Title
Africa first. Volume one.
Publisher
Universal City, CA : Focus Features, [2011]
Country of Producing Entity
South Africa. Kenya. France. Senegal.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video
Cast
Pumzi: Kudzani Moswela (Asha), Nicole Bailey (Binti).
Credits
Directors: Wanuri Kahiu, Dyana Gaye, Jenna Bass, Jan-Hendrik Beetge.
System Details
DVD-R ; NTSC; region 1 ; wide screen (aspect ratio 16:9) ; Dolby surround.
Language
Dialogue in English, French, Wolof, and possibly other languages; subtitles in English.
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Added Author
Kahiu, Wanuri, film director.
Gaye, Dyana, film director.
Bass, Jenna, film director.
Beetge, Jan-Hendrik, film director.
Africa First Short Film Program, production company.
Focus Features, production company.
Focus World (Firm), film distributor.
Wild Side Video (Firm), film distributor.
Added Title
N'Dar.
Pumzi.
Transporte en commun.
Saint Lous blues.
The Tunnel.
The Abyss boys.
Other Standard Identifier
886470043750
Publisher No.
11337658
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD-2050
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