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My White Baby (2009)
Directed by Akosua Adoma Owusu
Documentary · 22m
Me Broni Ba is a lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana. The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of women practicing hair braiding on discarded white baby dolls from the West. The film unfolds through a series of vignettes, set against a child's story of migrating from Ghana to the United States. The film uncovers the meaning behind the Akan term of endearment, me broni ba, which means “my white baby.”
Cast
Oprah Winfrey
Crew
- Director
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Writer
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Director of Photography
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
- Editor
- Romulo Alejandro
- Producer
- Akosua Adoma Owusu
Details
- Original title
- Me broni ba
- Release date
- 2009-02-19
- Runtime
- 22m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- AK
- Spoken languages
- Akan, English
- Countries
- Ghana
- Production
- Obibini Pictures, CalArts