Library of African cinema. Faat kine /
Faat Kine joins a number of recent African films which use abusive, patriarchal relationships to symbolize the more general despoiling of Africa by a corrupt and ineffective (male) elite. Sembene may have first suggested this equation when the disgusted wife at the end of Borom Sarret leaves to earn...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | French Wolof |
| Language Notes: | In French and Wolof with English subtitles. |
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San Francisco, CA :
California Newsreel,
2001.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Faat Kine joins a number of recent African films which use abusive, patriarchal relationships to symbolize the more general despoiling of Africa by a corrupt and ineffective (male) elite. Sembene may have first suggested this equation when the disgusted wife at the end of Borom Sarret leaves to earn the dinner money, probably by prostitution. By the time of Xala, El Hadji clearly represents a neo-colonialism scorned by his wives and daughter. In Moussa Sene Absa's Tableau Ferraille Gagnesiri, the faithful, traditional wife sails away from Damm, her vacillating politician husband, representing grassroots Africa finally abandoning its often self-interested leaders to set is own course; one can even imagine her becoming the self-reliant businesswoman, Faat Kine. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed September 20, 2017). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (120 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 02:00:34 |
| Awards: | Nominated 2001 Fribourg International Film Festival, Grand Prix Award |
| Production Credits: | Directeur photo, Dominique Gentil. |