Alex’s Wedding

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"Alex’s Wedding," by Jean-Marie Téno / Cameroon and France / 2003 / 45mins / Documentary / Bamileke and French

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Unlike any wedding video you’ve ever seen, Teno’s sharp eye captures every uncomfortable moment in a polygamous marriage ceremony. Personal, public and generational, this film is a politically committed work that, by the end, sides unequivocally with the women trapped in an enduring tradition.

Also included is Head In The Clouds / La Tete Dans Les Nuages, in which the director criticizes the ills of the modern world and the regression of African societies.

Films

Alex’s Wedding

Téno, Jean-Marie / Cameroon and France / 2003 / 45mins

Unlike any wedding video you've ever seen, Teno's sharp eye captures every uncomfortable moment in a polygamous marriage ceremony.

Head In The Clouds / La tête dans les nuages

Téno, Jean-Marie / Cameroon / 1995 / 37mins

Kleptocracy has become an accepted fact of Cameroonian life described by the proverb: "The goat grazes where it is tied."