Filmé entre 1986 et 1988, L’histoire de Kafi capte le mode vie des Nubas tout juste avant qu’il ne soit englouti par la guerre civile du Soudan. Kafi, un jeune homme des montagnes Noubas, est l’un des premiers de la tribu à voyager vers le nord et la capitale Khartoum gagner de l’argent. Car sans argent, il ne peut acheter du tissu pour une robe et épouser une deuxième femme.

Réalisateurs : Amy Hardie et Arthur Howes

Producteurs : Amy Hardie et Arthur Howes

Distributeur : MARFILMES (www.marfilmes.com)

Film de fin d’études d’Arthur Howes au NFTS (National Film and Television School, Londres), en collaboration avec Amy Hardie.

Prix
Amsterdam Int. Documentary Film Festival
* Joris Ivens Award

BBC BP Expo
* Documentary Award

Mexico
* Special Mention of the Jury

R.A.I. Festival of Ethnography
* Basil Wright Prize

American Visual Anthropology Award
* American Visual Anthropology Award

Shot between 1986 and 1988, Kafi’s Story captures Nuba life at the moment before it was engulfed in the Sudanese civil war. Kafi, a young man from the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, is one of the first to travel north to the capital city Khartoum in search of money. Only when he has money can he buy the cloth for a dress and so marry a second wife.

Directors: Amy Hardie and Arthur Howes

Arthur Howes’ graduation film at the National Film and Television School, made in collaboration with Amy Hardie.

Production: Amy Hardie and Arthur Howes

Distributor: MARFILMES (www.marfilmes.com)


Awards
Joris Ivens Award – Amesterdam Int. Documentary Film Festival; BBC BP Expo Documentary Award; Special Mention of the Jury – Mexico; Basil Wright Prize R.A.I. Festival of Ethnography; American Visual Anthropology Award

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PT

Filmado entre 1986 e 1988, A História de Kafi captura a vida da civilização Nuba antes desta ser engolida pela guerra civil sudanesa. Kafi, um homem jovem das Montanhas Nuba, é um dos primeiros a viajar para norte até à capital Khartoum em busca de dinheiro. Só com esse dinheiro poderá comprar o tecido para um vestido, e assim casar com uma segunda mulher.

Sudão/Reino Unido, 1989, color, 53, Documentário, Lingua: Nuba

Realizador: Amy Hardie e Arthur Howes

Produção: Amy Hardie e Arthur Howes


Festivais
Prémio Joris Ivens – Festival Internacional de Documentário de Amesterdão; Prémio de Documentário BBC BP Expo; Menção Especial do Júri – México; Prémio Basil Wright Prize R.A.I. Festival Etnográfico; Prémio American Visual Anthropology

Versões: Legendada em Inglês
www.marfilmes.com/pt/africadocs/a+historia+de+kafi.htm