Africa first. Volume one.

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 si...

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Other Authors:	Kahiu, Wanuri (Director), Gaye, Dyana (Director), Bass, Jenna (Director), Beetge, Jan-Hendrik (Director)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French Wolof
Language Notes:	Dialogue in English, French, Wolof, and possibly other languages; subtitles in English.
Published:	Universal City, CA : Focus Features, [2011]
Edition:	Widescreen.
Subjects:	Climatic changes > Drama. Brothers > South Africa > Drama. Africa, Sub-Saharan > Drama. Brothers. Climatic changes. Africa, Sub-Saharan. South Africa. Motion pictures. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Musical films. Road films. Science fiction films. Short films. Foreign films.

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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	Wide screen (aspect ratio 16:9). All four movies originally released in 2009.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:	02:02:00
Format:	DVD-R ; NTSC 1 ; aspect ratio 16:9 ; Dolby surround.
Production Credits:	Director, Wanuri Kahiu, Dyana Gaye, Jenna Bass, Jan-Hendrik Beetge.