Wênd Kûuni = Le don de Dieu /
A mute, memoryless child is found under a tree by a pedler. He is adopted by the peddler's village who in gratituder rename him Wend Kuuni or "God's Gift". In a series of flashbacks, we learn that the child's widowed mother was driven from her village because of her refusa...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | Mossi |
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New York :
Kino on Video,
[1982]
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| Series: | New African cinema.
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| Summary: | A mute, memoryless child is found under a tree by a pedler. He is adopted by the peddler's village who in gratituder rename him Wend Kuuni or "God's Gift". In a series of flashbacks, we learn that the child's widowed mother was driven from her village because of her refusal to remarry. After his mother dies in the bush, Wend Kuuni finds real community and recovers his ability to communicate. |
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| Item Description: | Dialogue in Môre (Mossi), with English subtitles. Videocassette release of 1982 motion picture. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (VHS) (70 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Andree Davanture; music, Rene Guirma; photography, Sekou Ouedraogo. |