Underplayed Gems

We are all Africans (2010)

We are all Africans poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
30 min
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A Danish filmmaker sets up a talk show in the middle of a huge market in Ethiopia. She invites passersby to discuss Western images of poverty and how those pictures match their own lives.

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What happens

We are all Africans er en dokumentarfilm instrueret af Malene Nielsen efter eget manuskript. Med afsæt i Hannah Arendt-citatet "Vi skal lære at se verden med de andres øjne" tager filmskaberen Malene Nielsen os med på en legefuld færd i forsøget på at bryde den ensidige vestlige historiefortælling om Afrika, i dette tilfælde Etiopien. Rammen om filmen er et iscenesat talk show, et grønt sofamiljø plantet på gaden midt i Afrikas største marked, Merkato. Instruktøren indtager rollen som talkshow-vært og inviterer de forbipasserende ind som gæster. En række fotografier af fattigdomsramte børn med udspilede maver og fluer i øjenkrogene bliver omdrejningspunktet for sofasamtalerne. Stemmer de magtfulde vestlige formidleres repræsentationer overens med gæsternes egne levede erfaringer i et af verdens fattigste lande? (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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