| Description |
1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD-R. |
| Performer |
Voice overs: Hazil Adofo. |
| Credits |
Cameras, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Dustin Thompson, Romulo Alejandro ; editor, Romulo Alejandro ; music, Woody Guthrie, performed by Sharon Jones and the dap-kings. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 2008 production. |
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This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. |
| Summary |
A film that combines montages of hair salons in Ghana with various images of Western pop culture, invoking a clash of cultures and communities. The film mixes grainy black & white footage with colorful shots of billboards and murals advertising various hair styles. It incorporates audio snippets of beauty instruction and tips from the 1950s. The filmmaker uses the resulting comparisons to explore the legacy, changes, and ongoing effect that European Colonialism has dealt to African culture. |
| Local Note |
Rider University has public performance rights (PPR) for this title. See "Terms of use" for more details or contact the electronic resources librarian. |
| Language |
In Akan and English, with some yellow subtitles in English. |
| Terms Of Use |
Rider University has purchased the educational version of this film. "Purchase of film provides rights only for non-theatrical, non-commercial screenings. Purchase does not include rights for television broadcast, for transmission by other means or for duplication in whole or in part, without written permission from The Cinema Guild Inc."--Cinema Guild invoice. "Public Performance Rights...are exclusively available for purchase to schools, universities, libraries, and other educational institutions. A purchase grants the institution the right to screen the film to its students and faculty, on campus or school grounds, where no admission is charged. These rights are valid for the life of the DVD"--Cinema Guild website. |
| Subject |
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) -- Africa.
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Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) |
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Africa. |
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Body image -- Africa.
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Body image. |
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Body image -- Ghana.
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Ghana. |
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Black people -- Race identity -- Ghana.
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Black people -- Race identity. |
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Beauty culture -- Ghana.
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Beauty culture. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Owusu, Akosua Adoma, 1984- director, producer.
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Adu-Gyamfi, Adowa, author.
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Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967, composer.
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Cinema Guild, distributor.
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Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund. PU
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| Note |
English title on disc label: My white baby |
| ISBN |
078151326X |
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9780781513265 |
| Music No. |
2358 Cinema Guild |
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