AFRICA FILM PROJECT; A DAY IN AN AFRICAN VILLAGE Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

DRAMATIZED DOCUMENTARY: Depicts life in the Belgian Congo and French Cameroons. Reel 1: Morning: people warm themselves at small fires. Men burn clearing in jungle for community garden; women plant, gather and prepare manioc for dinner. Men weave straw articles and spear fish. Reel 2: Afternoon: men gather palm nuts; woman cooks them to extract oil. Woman and child serve evening meal to three men. A black stranger visits village and shows them a zippered pouch (modern European invention); old man shakes head. African villagers dance at sunset.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups