A filmmaker completes his debut film: a reflection on his parents` assumed monogamous long distance marriage as well as his own Nigerian background and identity. He thereafter accidentally discovers his father`s secret; a second family throughout the last 30 years. This revelation sends the filmmaker on a new quest, now focusing on his Danish mother and his newly acquainted Nigerian half brother. Moving fluidly between Denmark, Nigeria, Canada and USA, the film gently unfolds as a poetic and psychologically complex exploration of the meeting between western and African concepts of love, relationships and family.
Presented at the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section of Berlinale and at CPH:DOX.
Título original: When a Farm Goes Aflame
Ano: 2021
Classificação: Rated G
Duração: 112 min.
Gênero: Documentary
País: Germany
Tags: Germany, international festivals, documentary, family, love relationship, identity
Cor: Cor
Direção: Jide Tom Akinleminu
Fotografia: Jide Tom Akinleminu
Montagem: Maja Tennstedt
Produtor: Florian Schewe
Produção: Film Five
World Sales: Syndicado Film Sales
E-mail: [email protected]