Kafi's Story

  • Histoire de Kafi (L') | Kafi's Story
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv, History/society
Year of production : 1989
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 53 (in minutes)
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Shot between 1986 and 1988, Kafi's Story captures Nuba life at the moment before it was engulfed in the Sudanese civil war. Kafi, a young man from the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, is one of the first to travel north to the capital city Khartoum in search of money. Only when he has money can he buy the cloth for a dress and so marry a second wife.

Directors: Amy Hardie and Arthur Howes

Arthur Howes' graduation film at the National Film and Television School, made in collaboration with Amy Hardie.

Production: Amy Hardie and Arthur Howes

Distributor: MARFILMES (www.marfilmes.com)


Awards
Joris Ivens Award - Amesterdam Int. Documentary Film Festival; BBC BP Expo Documentary Award; Special Mention of the Jury - Mexico; Basil Wright Prize R.A.I. Festival of Ethnography; American Visual Anthropology Award

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Filmado entre 1986 e 1988, A História de Kafi captura a vida da civilização Nuba antes desta ser engolida pela guerra civil sudanesa. Kafi, um homem jovem das Montanhas Nuba, é um dos primeiros a viajar para norte até à capital Khartoum em busca de dinheiro. Só com esse dinheiro poderá comprar o tecido para um vestido, e assim casar com uma segunda mulher.

Sudão/Reino Unido, 1989, color, 53, Documentário, Lingua: Nuba

Realizador: Amy Hardie e Arthur Howes

Produção: Amy Hardie e Arthur Howes


Festivais
Prémio Joris Ivens - Festival Internacional de Documentário de Amesterdão; Prémio de Documentário BBC BP Expo; Menção Especial do Júri - México; Prémio Basil Wright Prize R.A.I. Festival Etnográfico; Prémio American Visual Anthropology

Versões: Legendada em Inglês
www.marfilmes.com/pt/africadocs/a+historia+de+kafi.htm

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