Allah Tantou
November 12, 2008God’s Will
Call Number: VHS00345
by David Achkar; Archibald Films.; California Newsreel (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French and Soussou with English subtitles
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1991 (62 mins.);
Summary: Through home movies, old newsreels, letters and fictional reconstruction of imprisonment, this film examines the life of the filmmaker’s father, a diplomat under the Sekou Toure regime, who later disappeared into the Guinean gulag. Film reevaluates the turbulent decade of African independence and discusses its relevance to the new political order on the continent.
OCLC #: 84408127
Added: November 12, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection