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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...

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Corporate Author: Cinema Guild
Other Authors: Owusu, Akosua Adoma, 1984-, Adu-Gyamfi, Adowa, Adofo, Hazil
Format: Video DVD
Language:Akan
Language Notes:In Akan and English, with some yellow subtitles in English.
Published: New York, NY : Cinema Guild, [2009]
Subjects:
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) > Africa.
Body image > Africa.
Body image > Ghana.
Blacks > Race identity > Ghana.
Beauty culture > Ghana.
Beauty culture.
Blacks > Race identity.
Body image.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Africa.
Ghana.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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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.
Item Description:This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
DVD release of the 2008 production.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Cameras, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Dustin Thompson, Romulo Alejandro ; editor, Romulo Alejandro.
ISBN:078151326X
9780781513265