The Planter's Plantation (2022)

Original title

The Planters Plantation

Directed by

Dingha Young Eystein

Genre

drama film, musical film

Country

Cameroon

Runtime

2h 54m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Cameroon, a planter runs a plantation that serves as an allegory for neocolonial control. The story mixes drama with music to explore themes of exploitation and resistance.

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What happens

The Planter's Plantation is a Cameroonian-US co-produced musical drama film written, produced and directed by Eystein Young Dingha It is also produced by Irene Nangi and associated by Nfor Julio Barthson (Don Julio Bats). An allegory to neocolonization, the film was Cameroon's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2023 Academy Awards. The film was nominated for top prize at the 2023 FESPACO and took home two awards: Ecobank's Ousmane Sembène Prize and Plan International's Prix Spécial for L'Egalite aux Filles (Special Prize for Equality for Girls). It was the first Cameroon film in 26 years to win the Écrans d'Or, Écrans Noirs Festival's top prize, and made history for being the first Cameroonian film to be nominated for an AMVCA for its best Actress Nimo Loveline. Other festivals at which the film has screened include: the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), .. Festival international de cinéma Vues d'Afrique Québec, Wales African Film Festival, Silicon Valley Film Festival, Festival International du Film de Bruxelles, Khouribga International Film Festival, Uganda Film Festival, Luanda Film Festival, Mashariki Film Festival, NBO Film Festival, Bangui Film Festival(Bangui Fait Son Cinema), Yarha Film Festival, Al Ain Film Festival, Montpellier Film Festival, and Cameroon International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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