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- catalog abstract ""Teno investigates the ties between unaccountable government and an unproductive economy in La tête dans les nuages. Kleptocracy has become an accepted fact of Cameroonian life described by the proverb: "The goat grazes where it is tied." The government controlled formal sector, like its colonial predecessor, is essentially parasitical. An informal sector has emerged parallel to it which increasingly supplies the daily subsistence needs of the people. Irene, for example, works at the Ministry of Education for an unreliable and inadequate salary; she earns the money she needs to eat from selling beignets in the market. She also belongs to a tontine or "credit union" which offers its members a pool of capital to draw on for business ventures. Such clubs, ubiquitous among African market women, help fill the economic and social vacuum left by the decay of traditional society and the unresponsiveness of the formal banking sector"--From the California Newsreel Web site. "In ... Chef!, Teno locates the roots of Africa's authoritarian regimes in the patriarchal family, reinforced by traditional kingship and the colonial experience. Teno insists that this film was not planned but imposed itself on him during a visit to his ancestral village, Bandjoun, in the Ghomala speaking region of Western Cameroon. He had gone to film dances dedicating a monument to King Kamga Joseph II, the filmmakers' great grand uncle, but the ceremony soon turned into a celebration of one-man rule, in particular Cameroonian President Paul Biya's"--From the California Newsreel Web site.".
- catalog alternative "Chief!".
- catalog alternative "Head in the clouds".
- catalog alternative "Tête dans les nuages".
- catalog contributor b11395129.
- catalog coverage "Cameroon Politics and government 1960-".
- catalog created "[1999]".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "[1999]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1999]".
- catalog description ""In ... Chef!, Teno locates the roots of Africa's authoritarian regimes in the patriarchal family, reinforced by traditional kingship and the colonial experience. Teno insists that this film was not planned but imposed itself on him during a visit to his ancestral village, Bandjoun, in the Ghomala speaking region of Western Cameroon. He had gone to film dances dedicating a monument to King Kamga Joseph II, the filmmakers' great grand uncle, but the ceremony soon turned into a celebration of one-man rule, in particular Cameroonian President Paul Biya's"--From the California Newsreel Web site.".
- catalog description ""Teno investigates the ties between unaccountable government and an unproductive economy in La tête dans les nuages. Kleptocracy has become an accepted fact of Cameroonian life described by the proverb: "The goat grazes where it is tied." The government controlled formal sector, like its colonial predecessor, is essentially parasitical. An informal sector has emerged parallel to it which increasingly supplies the daily subsistence needs of the people. Irene, for example, works at the Ministry of Education for an unreliable and inadequate salary; she earns the money she needs to eat from selling beignets in the market. She also belongs to a tontine or "credit union" which offers its members a pool of capital to draw on for business ventures. Such clubs, ubiquitous among African market women, help fill the economic and social vacuum left by the decay of traditional society and the unresponsiveness of the formal banking sector"--From the California Newsreel Web site.".
- catalog description "Chef! (61 min.) / filmé, produit et réalisé par Jean-Marie Téno ; monté par Christiane Badgley ; musique originale, Brice Wassy ; translation, Christiane Badgley -- La tête dans les nuages (35 min.) / écrit, produit et réalisé par Jean-Marie Téno ; une co-production WDR/ARTE ; musique, Ben's Belinga, Olivier Pessina ; image, Bonaventure Takoukam, Roland Kepseu, Emmanuel Chediou ; scripte, Henriette Fenda ; direction de production, Alain Eock ; montage, Jocelyne Ruiz, Stéphane Foucault, Carole Ferrand.".
- catalog description "Producer/Director, Jean-Marie Teno.".
- catalog description "VHS.".
- catalog extent "1 videocassette (96 min.) :".
- catalog isPartOf "The Library of African cinema".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "[1999]".
- catalog language "In French, with English subtitles.".
- catalog language "fre".
- catalog publisher "San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel,".
- catalog requires "VHS.".
- catalog spatial "Africa".
- catalog spatial "Cameroon Politics and government 1960-".
- catalog spatial "Cameroon.".
- catalog subject "Authoritarianism Africa History.".
- catalog subject "Authoritarianism Cameroon.".
- catalog subject "Biya, Paul, 1933-".
- catalog subject "JQ3529.A15 C44 1999".
- catalog subject "Political corruption Cameroon.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Chef! (61 min.) / filmé, produit et réalisé par Jean-Marie Téno ; monté par Christiane Badgley ; musique originale, Brice Wassy ; translation, Christiane Badgley -- La tête dans les nuages (35 min.) / écrit, produit et réalisé par Jean-Marie Téno ; une co-production WDR/ARTE ; musique, Ben's Belinga, Olivier Pessina ; image, Bonaventure Takoukam, Roland Kepseu, Emmanuel Chediou ; scripte, Henriette Fenda ; direction de production, Alain Eock ; montage, Jocelyne Ruiz, Stéphane Foucault, Carole Ferrand.".
- catalog title "Chef! [videorecording] = Chief. La tête dans les nuages = Head in the clouds.".
- catalog title "Chief!".
- catalog title "Head in the clouds".
- catalog title "Tête dans les nuages".
- catalog type "Documentary films Cameroon.".
- catalog type "Videotapes. local".
- catalog type "image".