Title Mambar Pierrette [(DVD) videorecording] / directed by Rosine Mbakam

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Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, [2024]

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3205076~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
95th Street Adult DVD Nonfiction-NEW	FRENCH 305.42096 PIE	AVAILABLE

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Description	1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
	digital rdatr
	optical rdarm
	video file rdaft
	DVD video
	Motion pictures lcgft
System Details	DVD, wide screen.
Language	French or Bamileke dialogue, English subtitles.
Note	Title from container.
Summary	Over the past decade, Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam has distinguished herself for her quietly observational documentary portraits of African women. With Mambar Pierrette, her feature narrative debut, Mbakam turns her documentarian's eye to the eponymous Pierrette, a gifted & beloved neighborhood seamstress who works to support her young children and mother. As a rainstorm threatens to flood her workshop one of many misfortunes Pierrette will have to stay afloat.
Subject	Pierrette, Mambar -- Videodiscs.
	Women dressmakers -- Africa -- Videodiscs.
	Women -- Africa -- Videodiscs.
	Families -- Africa -- Videodiscs.
	Africa -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Videodiscs.
Genre	documentary film.
	Nonfiction films.
	Documentary films.
	DVD-video discs.
	Foreign Films, French.
Added Author	Mbakam, Rosine, film director.
	Icarus Films, publisher.
Added Title	Container of (work): Mambar Pierrette (Motion picture)
	Container of (expression): Mambar Pierrette (Motion picture). Bamileke languages.
	Container of (expression): Mambar Pierrette (Motion picture). French.
Standard No.	854565004160

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