My White Baby

9.0 2009 | 22 min

Documentary

Me Broni Ba is a lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana. The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of women practicing hair braiding on discarded white baby dolls from the West. The film unfolds through a series of vignettes, set against a child's story of migrating from Ghana to the United States. The film uncovers the meaning behind the Akan term of endearment, me broni ba, which means “my white baby.”

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Title: My White Baby
Original Title: Me broni ba
Year: 2009
Release Date: February 19, 2009
Rating: 9.0/10 (2 votes)
Popularity: 0.1
Runtime: 22 minutes
Genres: Documentary
Director(s): Akosua Adoma Owusu
Writer(s): Akosua Adoma Owusu, Adwoa Adu-Gyamfi
Producer(s): Akosua Adoma Owusu
Language: Akan, English
Country: Ghana
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Status: Released
Tagline: 
TMDB ID: 418706
IMDB ID: tt1443444
IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1443444
TMDB Link: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/418706
Official Site: http://akosuaadoma.com/artwork/2956345-Me-Broni-Ba-My-White-Baby.html
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Me Broni Ba is a lyrical portrait of hair salons in Kumasi, Ghana. The tangled legacy of European colonialism in Africa is evoked through images of women practicing hair braiding on discarded white baby dolls from the West. The film unfolds through a series of vignettes, set against a child's story of migrating from Ghana to the United States. The film uncovers the meaning behind the Akan term of endearment, me broni ba, which means “my white baby.”
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