Africa is a Woman's Name (2009)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 53M

Director : Ingrid Sinclair, Bridget Pickering, Wanjiru Kinyanjui

Synopsis

The lives of three extraordinary African women from different social levels and origins determined to bring about radical transformations in their day to day realities: Kenyan attorney and reputed lawyer Njoki Ndung'u, Puthi Ragophala the committed school principal of a remote South African village and Zimbabwean housewife-entrepreneur, Amai Rosie.

Actors

Crews

Ingrid Sinclair
Ingrid Sinclair
Director
Bridget Pickering
Bridget Pickering
Director
Wanjiru Kinyanjui
Wanjiru Kinyanjui
Director
Cristina Lopez Palao
Cristina Lopez Palao
Producer
Andrés Prieto
Andrés Prieto
Editor
Wilfried Prager
Wilfried Prager
Editor
Pep Aguiló
Pep Aguiló
Sound mixer
Ana Menendez
Ana Menendez
Line Producer

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