Screenings
Over the past decade, Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam (Chez Jolie Coiffure, Delphine’s Prayers) has distinguished herself for her quietly observational documentary portraits of African women. With Mambar Pierrette, her feature narrative debut, Mbakam turns her documentarian’s eye to the eponymous Pierrette, a gifted seamstress who works to support her young children and her mother.
Thank you to our screening partner: Black Documentary Collective (BDC)
Accessibility: Closed captions available
Directors Spotlight
Rosine Mbakam
Director
Rosine Mfetgo Mbakam grew up in a traditional family in Cameroon and decided to pursue a career in cinema at a young age. In 2000, she began studying film with the Italian non-governmental organization COE (Centro Orientamento Educativo) in Yaoundé, where she learned cinematography, editing, and directing. She went on to work on a number of films for the NGO. She founded her own production company Tândor Productions, directing four feature-length documentaries selected in film festivals worldwide. Mambar Pierrette is her first fiction feature.
- Runtime 93 minutes
- Country Belgium, Cameroon
- Language French, Bamileke, Cameroon Pidgin
- Director Rosine Mbakam
- Cast Pierrette Aboheu Njeuthat, Marguerite Mbakop, Duval Franklin Nwodu Chinedu, , Léonce Sonia Bangoub
- Cinematographer Fiona Braillon
- Composer Loic Villiot, Roger Mboupda
- Executive Producer RTBF (Télévision belge), Tândor Films with the participation of TV5MONDE
- Co Producer RTBF (Télévision belge), Tândor Films with the participation of TV5MONDE
- Editor Geoffroy Cernaix
- Sound Design Loic Villiot, Roger Mboupda
- Premiere Philadelphia
