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Journey from Etsa
195829 min 22 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Julian Biggs
Production: David Bairstow
Script: Charles E. Israel
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in cooperation with the Ghana Government Film Unit.
The film presents a story of village life in Ghana, revealing the character and aspirations of the people of this new African nation. Through the patient persistence of young men of the village who seek to modernize ancient, unproductive ways of fishing, we glimpse the wish of a nation to rise to better things.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > Africa - West AfricaFamily LifeWorking Life
- Social Issues > Foreign SocietiesIntergenerational Conflict
Credits
- director
- Julian Biggs
- producer
- David Bairstow
- script
- Charles E. Israel
- editing
- Tony Lower
- sound editing
- David Green