Jean-Marie Teno: Chronicler of African modernity

Document author(s):

Susan Oxtoby

Document source:

Cinematheque Ontario/a division of Toronto International Film Festival Group

Publication date:

2006 Jun 16

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

4

Source pagination:

21-23

Document name subject:

Jean-Marie Teno

Document contains:

bibliography and production co

Related films:

• Afrique, je te plumerai (Africa, I will fleece you) — Teno, Jean-Marie — France; Cameroon — 1993
• La tête dans les nuages (Head in the clouds) — Teno, Jean-Marie — Cameroon — 1994
• Clando (Clandestine) — Teno, Jean-Marie — Cameroon; France; Germany — 1996
• Chef! (Chief!) — Teno, Jean-Marie — France; Cameroon — 1999
• Vacances au pays (A trip to the country) — Teno, Jean-Marie — Cameroon; France; Germany — 2000
• Le mariage d'Alex (Alex's wedding (with head in the clouds)) — Teno, Jean-Marie — Cameroon; France — 2002
• Le malentendu colonial (The colonial misunderstanding) — Teno, Jean-Marie — Cameroon; France; Germany — 2005

Film country(ies):

Cameroon, France, and Germany

Film language(s):

Bamileke, English, French, and German

Film production company:

Angoa-Agicoa, Arte France cinéma (Firm), Arte TV, Bärbel Mauch Film, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Commission Européenne, Films du Raphia, and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen

Film genre(s):

Documentary, Drama, Feature, Political, and Social problem

Film subject(s):

• Africa -- Colonization
• Authoritarianism -- Cameroon
• Cameroon -- Colonial influences -- Drama
• Cameroon -- Economic conditions
• Cameroon -- Politics and government -- 1982-
• Cameroon -- Politics and government -- Drama
• Cameroon -- Social conditions
• Cameroon -- Social conditions -- 1960-
• Cameroon -- Social conditions -- Drama
• Colonies -- Africa -- Drama
• Duala (African people) -- Social life and customs
• Freedom of the press -- Cameroon
• Germany -- Colonies -- Africa -- History
• Human rights -- Cameroon
• Informal sector (Economics) -- Cameroon -- Yaoundé
• Missions -- Namibia -- History
• Namibia -- Colonization
• Political corruption -- Cameroon
• Polygamy -- Cameroon
• Rheinische Missiongesellschaft
• Small business -- Cameroon
• Weddings -- Cameroon
• Women -- Cameroon -- Social conditions
• Yaoundé (Cameroon) -- Economic conditions -- 1960-

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