Most Popular Jean-Marie Téno Trailers
Total trailers found: 15
My White Baby Trailer (2009)
19 February 2009
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.
Chef! Trailer (1999)
21 September 1999
Documentarian Jean-Marie Teno -- originally from Cameroon but now living in France -- explores the sad state of human rights in his native land as Cameroon struggles against political corruption towards something resembling democracy in Chef!.
Head in the Clouds Trailer (1994)
02 January 1994
In his film 'La tête dans les nuages' ('Head in the Clouds') Jean-Marie Teno criticizes the ills of the modern world and the regression of African societies.
L'eau de misère Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
Before starring in their own concert film "Man No Run by Claire Denis", the legendary bikutsi rock group Les Têtes Brulées appeared as one of several unconventional guests at a school in Cameroon determined to fight for drinkable water in this docu-fiction hybrid.
A Trip to the Country Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno directs this impassioned documentary about the slow crumbling of traditional morals and values caused by colonialism and globalization.
Alex's Wedding Trailer (2003)
04 June 2003
Chronicle of a rather particular afternoon during which the lives of three people change dramatically: Alex, the husband, goes to his in-laws' to bring home his second wife.
Si-Gueriki, Queen Mother Trailer (2002)
08 March 2002
Si-Gueriki is the story of the confrontation of a young man with his history, his roots and culture.
Sacred Places Trailer (2009)
01 April 2009
Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Téno profiles a poor but lively neighborhood in the capital of Burkina Faso, where a cine club proprietor tries to include Burkinabe films among the action and Bollywood fare.
Clando Trailer (1996)
01 March 1996
Proud and determined, the hunter set out, leaving behind his village ravaged by a terrible drought. All the villagers came out to wish him well, and everyone gave what he could: an egg, a handful of peanuts or a few kola nuts.
Africa, I Will Fleece You Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
This documentary of repressive political realities in Cameroon begins with the 1990 publication of an open letter to President Biya calling for a national conference - and the immediate arrest of the letter's author and publisher.
The Colonial Misunderstanding Trailer (2004)
18 November 2004
In The Colonial Misunderstanding Jean-Marie Teno sheds light on the complex and problematic relationship between colonization and European missionaries on the African continent.
Mister Foot Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
The story of a young man who needs an uncooperative public servant's signature to enter college, Mister Foot is a light-hearted look at Cameroon's national obsession: soccer.
Leaf in the Wind Trailer (2013)
03 December 2013
Reflecting on the perpetuation of history's traumas, Jean-Marie Teno's latest film continues his ongoing project of documenting the impact of colonial and postcolonial politics on the lives of the people in his native Cameroon.
Chosen Trailer (2018)
04 May 2018
In July 2010, a university professor in the United States returns to Ghana, her country of origin, to be inducted as queen mother.
