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Suffering and Smiling

  • Suffering and Smiling
© FIFDH Yaoundé 2011
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2006
Format : Feature
Running time : 65 (in minutes)

Political dissident, musician, and cultural figure Fela Anikulapo Kuti relatives and fellow musicians give accounts of how Nigeria's government harassed Kuti. Includes an account of how his son, Femi Kuti, has become a musician and dissident in his own right.


USA/Nigeria, 2006, 60mins, doc, English, Dan Ollman, dir.

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FIFDH Yaoundé 2011 / Fri 15 April / 14h00
www.alliance-cine.org/yaounde/index.php?option=com_extend&view=article&id=54:suffering-and-smiling&catid=4:edition-2011&Itemid=156&lang=en

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