Les Oubliées

Les Oubliées (The forgotten women) is a 1996 documentary film directed by Anne-Laure Folly of Togo and shot in Angola.[1]

Les Oubliées
Directed byAnne-Laure Folly
Narrated byAnne-Laure Folly
CinematographyArlette Girardo
Edited byOndine Blanchard
Production
company
Amanou Production (France)
Release date
1996
Running time
53 minutes
CountryAngola
LanguageFrench and Portuguese with French subtitles

Production

The Portuguese-language film with French subtitles was released in 1996 and runs for 53 minutes. It takes the form of interviews with the women of Angola, including the daughter of Sarah Maldoror and Ruth Neto.[1] Without running water, electricity or any way to communicate, they are normally mute.[2]

Description

The film is a documentary about Angola. It tells of the heavy cost of war to women.[3] After ten years of struggle for independence, the war in Angola had continued for another twenty years. The film explores the motives of the combatants, including Cuba and South Africa's apartheid government.[2] In this film, Folly lets women tell their own stories. She shows the women from mid- or close-range, forcing the viewer to focus on their faces rather than their bodies or surroundings, and takes the time to let them say what they have to say, giving a unique women's perspective of the conflict.[4] Folly participates in the film through her voice-over, giving a subjective element. She admits that she is not familiar with Angola, and certainly is not an authority. The film thus becomes a record of Folly's own journey of discovery.[5]

gollark: Yes. The meme is irrevocably tainted now.
gollark: Oh no. Imagine groups you dislike using a meme.
gollark: Memes are a public good.
gollark: Most old countries, and arguably basically all old *systems*, end up accruing legacy laws/things which don't really make sense but can't easily be tweaked.
gollark: I do not understand what this graph is meant to display.

References

Citations

  1. OUBLIÉES (LES) - Africulture.
  2. Association des trois mondes 2000, p. 205.
  3. Boni 2011, p. 73.
  4. Thackway 2003, p. 158.
  5. Thackway 2003, p. 159.

Sources

  • Association des trois mondes (2000). Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5. Retrieved 8 February 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Boni, Tanella (2011-08-06). Que vivent les femmes d'Afrique ?. KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-8111-0529-7. Retrieved 2013-02-09.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "OUBLIÉES (LES)". Africulture. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  • Thackway, Melissa (2003). Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34349-9. Retrieved 2013-02-08.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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