CAROL MARSH AFRICAN FILMS NO. 11

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 367450).

Synopsis

Central or Northern Nigeria: Jos Plateau; children in village and guinea corn; baby bathed on gourds; pounding maize; giving baby a drink; portraits of women and men with face scars; grinding corn with rocks; demonstrating spade and digging; boy with motorbike; a reading lesson(?); open air Bible class. Off to market; marketplace scenes; Missionary activity: group of converts(?) witnessing, and a man holding up a picture of Christ; women spinning, making mud brick and thatch; facial scarification; close-up of girls' and boys' face as operation continues; pounding maize; potters wares; women washing clothes, carrying firewood along the road; deformed man with leprosy; deformed people; cattle; tribal dance: drummer and flute-blowing by the dancers in a circle; Tribe of Miango; people along a road. Possibly all filmed in Northeast Nigeria.

 

Titles

  • BRENAN NO. 11 (Alternative)
  • CAROL MARSH AFRICAN FILMS NO. 11 (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1945
Running Time:
18.3 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Silent
 

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