Short film
Falaw
Mariama Hima · 1985
Synopsis
Falaw (Aluminium): the second film in a series of documentaries on the craftsmen of recycling. In Bukoki, a district of Niamey, a craftsman buys old tin cans and pieces of metal at the scrap market, which he melts in his workshop to extract the aluminium. The commentary, in French, is spoken by the director herself.
Context
The film belongs to a series shot among the craftsmen who work recycled materials, tyres, aluminium, drums and planks, after Baabu Banza in 1984. According to K. Ince, these films were shown on Nigerien television and are hardly known elsewhere except through archive copies. She compares them to the anthropological documentaries of Jean Rouch. The African Film Festival in New York included Falaw in its programme.
Who it is for
For seeing, in a short documentary, the trade of metal recycling in Niamey filmed by an ethnologist.
Prizes and reception
K. Ince notes that the series is often cited in dictionaries of women's cinema, but almost never studied.
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