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Africa first. Volume one. Africa first. Vol. 1 - Widescreen. , South Africa Kenya France Senegal - 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - 020200 - 4 3/4 in. burning

Wide screen (aspect ratio 16:9). All four movies originally released in 2009.

Pumzi / Un transporte en commun = Saint Louis blues / Tunnel / Abyss boys / Inspired Minority Pictures ; by Wanuri Kahiu Andalfi présente ; written and directed by Dyana Gaye by Jenna Bass Jan-Hendrik Beetge (22 min., South Africa, Kenya) -- (48 min., France, Senegal) -- (25 min., South Africa) -- (26 min., South Africa).

Director, Wanuri Kahiu, Dyana Gaye, Jenna Bass, Jan-Hendrik Beetge. Director, Wanuri Kahiu, Dyana Gaye, Jenna Bass, Jan-Hendrik Beetge.

In Pumzi: Kudzani Moswela (Asha), Nicole Bailey (Binti).

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.


DVD-R ; NTSC; region 1 ; aspect ratio 16:9 ; Dolby digital 2.0.


Dialogue in English, French, Wolof, and possibly other languages; subtitles in English.

Standard No.: 886470043750

Publisher. No.: 11337658

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Climatic changes--Drama.
Taxicabs--Senegal--Drama.
Brothers--South Africa--Drama.
Taxicabs.
Brothers.
Climatic changes.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Drama.
Senegal.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Africa.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Short films--South Africa.
Short films--Kenya.
Short films--France.
Short films--Senegal.
Short films--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Science fiction films--South Africa.
Science fiction films--Kenya.
Musical films--France.
Musical films--Senegal.
Road films--France.
Road films--Senegal.
Motion pictures--South Africa.
Motion pictures--Kenya.
Motion pictures--France.
Motion pictures--Senegal.
French language films.
Wolof language films.
Motion pictures.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Musical films.
Road films.
Science fiction films.
Short films.
Science fiction films.
Musical films.
Road films.
Short films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Films de science-fiction.
Films musicaux.
Road movies.
Courts métrages.
Films de fiction.

LC Class. No.: PN1997.2 / .A333 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 791.4375