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Weaving together sequences of hair-braiding salons in Ghana, voice-over of Oprah rhapsodizing brown-skinned dolls and animated clips of signature hairstyles, Me Broni Ba (My White Baby) is an artfully composed, thought-provoking work that investigates the fraught relationship between images of beaut...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Owusu, Akosua Adoma, 1984- (Director, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:Akan
English
Language Notes:In Akan and English, with some subtitles in English.
Published: New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 2009.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) > Africa.
Body image > Ghana.
Black people > Race identity > Ghana.
Hairdressing > Ghana.
Beauté féminine (Esthétique) > Afrique.
Image du corps > Ghāna.
Coiffure > Ghāna.
Personnes noires > Identité ethnique > Ghāna.
Black people > Race identity
Body image
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Hairdressing
Africa
Ghana
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
Short films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Documentaires.
Courts métrages.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Weaving together sequences of hair-braiding salons in Ghana, voice-over of Oprah rhapsodizing brown-skinned dolls and animated clips of signature hairstyles, Me Broni Ba (My White Baby) is an artfully composed, thought-provoking work that investigates the fraught relationship between images of beauty and power.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed May 17, 2019).
Physical Description:1 online resource (22 min.)
Playing Time:00:22:12
Awards:Won 2009 Athens International Film and Video Festival Documentary Film Award, Documentary, Short
Won 2008 Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale Talent Campus
Won 2009 Chicago Underground Film Festival Jury Award, Best Documentary Short