Tropical House

  • Maison tropicale (La) | A casa tropical
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2008
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 58 (in minutes)

Manthia Diawara documentou o desenvolvimento e a produção da obra Maison Tropicale, projecto concebido por Ângela Ferreira para o pavilhão português na 52.ª Exposição Internacional de Arte - La Biennale di Venezia, acompanhando a artista e a equipa de produção em Lisboa e nas viagens realizadas ao Níger, Congo e Veneza. No filme, os discursos de Ângela Ferreira e de Manthia Diawara confrontam-se com as contradições e os desejos das pessoas envolvidos no destino das Casas Tropicais do construtor francês Jean Prouve, revelando a história assombrada das relações entre a Europa e a África.

A CASA TROPICAL (LA MAISON TROPICALE), de Manthia Diawara, Portugal, 2008, 58'


Manthia Diawara documented the development and production of Ângela Ferreira's artistic project on the Maison Tropicale, created for the Portuguese pavilion at the 52nd International Art Exhibition - the Venice Biennale. He followed the artist and the production team in Lisbon and on trips to Niger, Congo and Venice. In the film, Ângela Ferreira and Manthia Diawara come face to face with the contradictions and the wishes of the people involved as the end users of Tropical Houses designed by the French builder Jean Prouve, and reveal the dark history of relations between Europe and Africa.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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