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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
Finland France USA South Africa Zimbabwe
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Year
2001
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Type
Television
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Category
Fiction
Synopsis
Antoinette wants to start a business in order to realize her dream that her sons "and daughter" be educated. Her husband can accept money spent on sons, but believes that "one should not ask for money, one should go out and look for it". Sleepless and tossing many a night, Antoinette listens as the motorcycles, nicknamed "able husbands", whiz past in the street. She needs "one such ...".
Having no formal training in a particular trade, but driven by her need to succeed, Antoinette turns back to her childhood skill, imparted to her by her mother, of sprouting millet for beer.
Unperturbed by the start of her lucrative business, her husband assures his like-minded friend that her attempts will be short lived "as she does not know what she wants", and should she lose sight of "her place", he would be sure to remind her of it.
"Commerce is the first step towards prostitution " To overcome this and succeed Antoinette must persist and apply a little grigri obtained from a marabou that she consults to trap the culprit sabotaging her business. Caught in the trap her husband is totally embarrassed and his actions, fuelled by his belief in "a man's rightful position and role", lead to his complete humiliation.
Now with the support of her "able husband" Antoinette makes significant strides in her business, ... their family business.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Script Supervisor
Production:
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©/Presented by
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©/Presented by
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Presented by
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Presented by
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Presented by
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Production (Burkina Faso)
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Produced in association with
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Produced with financial support from
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Produced with financial support from
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Produced with financial support from
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Produced with financial support from
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Produced with financial support from
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Produced with financial support from
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Produced with financial support from
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Produced with financial support from
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Produced with financial support from
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Produced with financial support from
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And the support of the
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Mama Africa was produced in association
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With funding provided by the
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With funding provided by
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Series Executive Producer (Zimmedia)
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Series Executive Producer (Mnet)
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Series Executive Producer (Winstar)
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Executive Producer (Key Light)
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Associate Co-producer (Ice Media)
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Production Executive
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Production Executive
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Production Manager (Burkina Faso)
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Production Manager (France)
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Series Co-ordination
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Series Co-ordination
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Series Co-ordination
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Series Development Consultant (ID2 Films
Writing:
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Screenplay
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Cameras
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Gaffer
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Key Grip
Stills:
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Stills Photography
Editing:
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Editor
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Editing
Design:
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Set Decorator/Props
Costumes:
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Costumes/Make-up
Titles:
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Titles
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Music:
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Music
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Music
Sound:
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Sound
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Sound Equipment
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Sound Mixer
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Sound Mixing
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Sound Editor
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Sound Editing
Consultant:
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Screenplay Adviser
Publicity:
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Publicist
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Sight & Sound magazine
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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