The first program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of Southwestern Ethiopia. In this film Duka, a young unmarried Hamar girl learns what awaits her in life from the older women of her tribe. Their often humorous conversations range from pregnancy and growing old to relationships with men. Although the men are dominant, the women are not servile. Shows harvest celebrations and the blessing ceremony for a new baby.
Title from resource description page (viewed June 25, 2014). AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Other Forms:
Previously released as DVD.
Reproduction Note:
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Filmakers library online, volume 3). Available via World Wide Web.
Awards:
African Studies Association, 1998 Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1993, 1994 Royal Anthropological Institute Film Prize Society for Visual Anthropology, 1995
