Container of (work): Mambar Pierrette (Motion picture) Container of (expression): Mambar Pierrette (Motion picture). Bamileke languages. Container of (expression): Mambar Pierrette (Motion picture). French.
Notes:
Title from sell sheet. Originally released as a motion picture in 2023. Wide screen. Bonus: Interview with film maker.
Summary:
Over the past decade, Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam has distinguished herself for her quietly observational documentary portraits of African women. With Mambar Pierrette, her feature narrative debut, Mbakam turns her documentarian's eye to the eponymous Pierrette, a gifted & beloved neighborhood seamstress who works to support her young children and mother. As a rainstorm threatens to flood her workshop, one of many misfortunes, Pierrette will have to stay afloat.
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