• AFRICAN BEAUTIES  - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria

    AFRICAN BEAUTIES - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria



  • AFRICAN BEAUTIES  - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria

    AFRICAN BEAUTIES - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria



  • AFRICAN BEAUTIES  - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria

    AFRICAN BEAUTIES - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria



  • AFRICAN BEAUTIES  - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria

    AFRICAN BEAUTIES - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria



AFRICAN BEAUTIES - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria

by Désirée von Trotha, Michael Wolff

AFRICAN BEAUTIES - Hair Styles in Mali and Algeria

Germany | 2010 | 43:00 min

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
Hairstyle in Mali (Africa) is a visual explosion of fantasy, creativity and skilled craft and is firmly rooted in African tradition and culture. We will tell the story of hair culture in Africa with the help of four people: Adjaratou belongs to the young generation and is dreaming of winning a beauty contest and eventually becomes Miss Yayorouba. Rose is a house maid and sometimes she works as a model for Malick Sidibe a world famous photographer. We will visit the barber shop of Keltoum Sennhauser and we will witness the secret marriage of Madina a tuareg women in algeria.These stories focus on hair styling and the significance it has for the personal lives of the people we are going to portray.
Cast and Crew
  • Director Désirée von Trotha, Michael Wolff (fact+film)
  • Director of Photography Britta Mangold, Désirée von Trotha
  • Editor Mark Mossmann
  • Sound Marina Conrad
Original Languages

German

French

Production Company
fact+film Medienproduktions GmbH
Hastedter Osterdeich 222, 28207 Bremen

Phone: +49 421 3399492

Fax: +49 421 3399549

info@fact-film.de
http://www.fact-film.de
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