Unity: Dress-scapes of Accra, NL/GH, 2016
An ethnographic film about African fashion in the capital of Ghana. The comeback of African print seems to be emerging in the fashion system of Accra. By following Allan, a fashion designer and his wife Cynthia, this mosaic film shows the great diversity of tailor-made fashion and hybrid styles; the ways in which African wear is used and the expression of culture through wardrobe. The process of sowing a dress shows the marriage of both fabric & design, tradition & creativity and husband & wife.
Authors:
- Mara Lin Visser
Visual anthropologist and filmmaker based in Amsterdam. Throughout her BA in media & culture she became interested in film and how the media affects people. She discovered filmmaking during her MA in Visual Anthropology as a natural way of expressing herself. At the moment she is doing different academic and cultural projects using audiovisual methods.
Filmography:
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HOME (2017)
Say cheese, Say sexy (2017)
The Railway bar (2017)
Unity: Dress-scapes of Accra (2016)
Screenings:
- 19.10.2017, 17:30 - 19:30, Studio TVP3 Szczecin, The SEFF’17 Opening Ceremony