Kafi's Story
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Directed byAmy Hardie
Arthur Howes
Arthur Howes
Written byAmy Hardie
Arthur Howes
Arthur Howes
Edited byArthur Howes
Production
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N.F.T.S, Station Road
| Kafi's Story | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Amy Hardie Arthur Howes |
| Written by | Amy Hardie Arthur Howes |
| Edited by | Arthur Howes |
Production companies | N.F.T.S, Station Road |
| Distributed by | Marfilmes |
Release date |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Nuba |
| Budget | £20,000 |
Kafi's Story is an ethnographic film about life of Nuba ethnic people in Sudan, directed by Amy Hardie and Arthur Howes.
Shot between 1986 and 1988, Kafi's Story captures scenes from the life of Nuba peoples just before they were involved in the Second Sudanese Civil War.
Kafi, a young man from the Torogi village in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, is one of the first men to travel north to the capital Khartoum in search of money. Having money is the only way for him to get a dress and to marry a second wife, Tete.
Ten years after this film, Arthur Howes went back to Sudan to shoot the documentary Nuba Conversations, where he wanted to capture the life of Nuba peoples during the war.
Festivals
Awards
- Joris Ivens Award (third place) of IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Netherlands[permanent dead link] (1989)
- Documentary Award at BBC BP Expo Documentary, England (1990)
- Basil Wright Prize of R.A.I. International Festival of Etnographic Films, England (1990) [1]
- American Visual Anthropology Award (2000)
