My White Baby

This groundbreaking portrait of hairdressers in Kumasi, Ghana, uncovers the meaning behind the akan term of endearment "me broni ba" ("my white baby"). The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of women braiding hair on discarded white dolls.


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  • Me broni ba
English español
  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 283309
  • Status Released
  • Released United States of America February 19, 2009 (MoMA Documentary Fortnight) Switzerland April 27, 2009 (Visions du Réel Film Festival) Canada October 12, 2009 (Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal) Great Britain October 25, 2009 (London Film Festival) Germany October 30, 2009 (Leipzig DOK Festival) The Netherlands January 1, 2010 (International Film Festival Rotterdam) Mexico April 11, 2010 (Ambulante Travelling Film Festival) France May 12, 2010 (Cannes Film Festival - Short Film Corner) Sweden March 16, 2013 (CinemAfrica Film Festival) Ghana April 10, 2014 (Ashesi University College) Spain April 7, 2016 (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León)
  • Runtime 22 minutes
  • Genres Documentary
  • Original Country Ghana
  • Original Language English
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  • Box Office Worldwide $0 US $0
  • Movie Type or Format Short
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  • Created September 30, 2021 by
    Joaquin Etcheverry
  • Modified November 29, 2024 by
    PolarGeek admin

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