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50... and One World - Florence Barrigha, a Brief Encounter / 1999
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Fanta Régina Nacro
Synopsis: In the years following the colonization of West Africa, several women wanted to do business. They had fabrics printed in the West and sold them back in Togo; they were called Nana Benz because they could afford Mercedes Benz. In fact, the expression Nana Benz means freedom, pride, success and the courage of women. This movie brings out the story of one among the seven Nana Benz of Togo: Mrs Florence Barrighah. The story of Florence is fascinating. Her course is original because for the first time, a woman doesn't become a Nana Benz by heritage but by shrewdness and subtlety. In less than four years, she succeeds in penetrating the extremely closed world of Nana Benz. She has chosen a trade that is today going through a great crisis... Florence is among those people whom events forced to reinvent their lives and conditions to exist.
50... and One World - Nana, The Course of a Farmer / 2000
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Simonette Rasoampanina
Synopsis: Nana's father died when she was three years old. At 7, like all other young girls, she was farming and selling the crop to get some money to go to school. For many years, Nana had to fight to gain education aiming to a better life. Today, she is "citizen responsible for tourism in Madagascar", president of an association for action, founder of a medical centre and of a small carpentry. At fifty, this many-functions woman unveils the reasons of her success.
50... and One World - Silence's Masks / 1999
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Fatma Skandrani
Synopsis: Fatma Ben Saïdane was born in Tunis on December 25, 1949 in a small traditional house of the medina. She is raised in a dual culture: European and Arabic-Muslim. At 24, she lands her first play role in Paris. Back in Tunis, she becomes a primary school teacher and ties up again with the Tunisian play, for which she receives an award for feminine interpretation in 1978. Her extraordinary talent granted her admiration and deep respect from her fans. This movie tells the story of a great multi-faceted actress capable of becoming many characters... all different.
50... and One World - Solange, the Boatwoman / 1999
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Claude Da Silva et Modeste Houngbedji
Synopsis: Solange, who is about fifty, does her trade on water along with her boatman and daughter. In her canoe loaded with bamboos, food, materials, etc. she crosses every single day the Aheme River, which takes her to its waterside markets. She has not been to school, but she knows enough to carry on her mother's trade. The beautiful music moves us to discover this simple and very charming woman.
50... and One World - Sunshine Colour / 1999
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Amadou Moctar Beye
Synopsis: "Couleur soleil" is the story of a Senegalese paint artist. Marked by an eventful life, Penda tirelessly fights to promote Senegalese art. Almost 50, she teaches artistic expression in a small school in a popular neighbourhood of Dakar. During the movie, Penda will try to illustrate through a painting, her outlook on the African women of 2000. This wonderful documentary presents the testimony of a captivating and amazing woman, who knocks over prejudices and the traditional image of the African woman.
50... and One World - Suzanne, a heart of dreams / 1999
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Amévi Dabla
Synopsis: At 50, Suzanne goes through her personal diary. The pages reveal her youth only made of time of tears, cries, anguish and suffering. Like Cinderella, Suzanne was ill-treated by her stepmother. Once she is out of this abyss of calamity, she entirely gives herself to the cause of children in her country. Her dedication leads her to become the director for the promotion and protection of the family and children and to write several publications on the topic. Today, she spends her days with children with behaviour disorder. We end up discovering in this movie, the fervour and the passion of the mother of rascals.
50... and One World - Van Chan, a Cambodian Dancer / 1999
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Rithy Panh
Synopsis: Mrs Van Chan was born in Kampong Thom, a small city located in central Cambodia. At 14, she enters the Fine Arts school and chooses traditional dance. In 1975, her family is arrested and assigned to farming and building dikes and dams, just like all the members of the "new people". At the fall of the Pol Pot's regime, her husband is appointed chief of district of Baraï and she becomes assistant director for culture and information. Hardly has happiness started, that her husband is killed by the Red Khmers, today, she is a teacher of traditional dance and supports alone her family. This production illustrates, with serene and purely Asian pictures, the struggle of an artist who wants to preserve traditional Cambodian dance, as well as the cultural heritage of her family.
A Taxi Woman in Sidi Bel Abbes / 2000
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Hadjadj Belkacem
Synopsis: Following the death of her husband, Soumicha, the mother of three children, is forced to find employment. She becomes a female taxi-driver in Sidi Bel - Abbes in Algeria. The film shows the conditions of her working and living while being a taxi-driver, a job normally reserved for men in this city where violence rules. Through the eyes of Soumicha, we discover the city and see the many and contradictory faces of the Algerian society - and we meet other women who have taken on the challenge and battle for freedom.
At the Junction of Two Springs, Red Butterflies / 2002
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Sydykova Gauhan
Synopsis: It's about a woman who makes kyrgyz national carpets. It's a very difficult job. Handicraft master is 64 years old. She earns money to support her family, she also provides jobs to several families in the village.
AUTUMN IN THE HIMALAYAS / 2008
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MALGORZATA SKIBA
Synopsis: The film brings to light the story of a group of elderly Buddhist nuns from Ladakh, who represent the last generation of unordained and uneducated women in robes. They have led quiet lives in isolated high mountains working as domestic helps and road construction labourers. Neglected by religious and social systems for centuries, the new Nyerma nunnery is their last call for dignity, enhancement and purification of their religious status.