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Quality: 720p | Release date: November 10, 2017 |
Keywords: – | Genres: Documentary |
Duration: 52 min | Original title: The Fruitless Tree |
Was spoiled with 2 incredible women directed #HotDocs17 films last night. #TheFruitlessTree (dir. Aicha Macky) is a deeply personal portrait that asks the question, "can you be a woman without being a mother in Niger." The answer seems to overwhelming be "no." Along with this was a short film #EdithAndEddie (dir. Laura Checkoway), which was a loving and heartbreaking look at an elderly couple who met and married in their mid-nineties. #WomenInFilm #documentary
The complete list of AMAA 2016 nominees and winners below: AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUNDTRACK O-Town – Nigeria – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECT Oshimiri – Nigeria – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND #Fifty – Nigeria – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY #TheCursedOne (Ghana) – WINNER EFERE OZAKO AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM #MeetTheParents – Nigeria/Canada – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION The Pencil – Burkina Faso – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY #TheFruitlessTree – Niger – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Daniel k. Daniel – #SoldiersStory – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Fulu Mugovhani – #Ayanda – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM BY A DIRECTOR #BeyondBlood – #GregOdutayo – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR Nana Obiri-Yeboah – The Cursed One (Ghana) – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST FILM #EyeoftheStorm – Burkina Faso – WINNER WINNERS OF LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs #TonyAkposhore #RichardMofe AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA FEATURE Ben & Ara – USA – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN The Cursed One – #Ghana – WINNER AMAA 2016 ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN Eye of the storm (Burkina Faso) – WINNER AMAA 2016 AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE-UP Soldiers Story – WINNER * * #Amaawards2016 #amaawardsliveinportharcourt #Abuja #Nigeria #Lagos #Nigeria #Westafrica #phcitytraffic #Africa