Florence Ayisi's 'The Bronze Men of Cameroon' screens at Bristol Film Festival
- Date
- Sunday 14 November 2021, 13:30
- Location
- Watershed, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX
Professor Ayisi's film The Bronze Men of Cameroon will be shown as part of the Afrika Eye 2021 film festival, in November.
The documentary is an intimate portrait of a community of bronze artisans in Foumban, the 'City of Arts' in Cameroon. Bronze casting is a valued cultural heritage of the Bamum People in the Western Region of Cameroon and this film presents bronze craftsmen at work, with rare insights into their expertise in producing unique bronze sculptures that are inscribed with symbolic narratives, collective memory and identity of the Bamum. The film is also about the changing landscape of Bamum bronze casting and the threats to cultural continuity as global trends negatively impact on a treasured way of life.
- Language: English, French, Bamum
- Running Time: 55 mins
- Age Rating: PG
Afrika Eye is an annual film and arts festival in Bristol - the South West’s biggest celebration of African cinema and culture.
Book now to see The Bronze Men of Cameroon.