My White Baby (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. The film unfolds through a series of vignettes, set against a child's story of migrating from Ghana to the United States. The film uncovers the meaning behind the Akan term of endearment, me broni ba, which means “my white baby.”

Cast

(voice)

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Producer

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Writer

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Story

A Adwoa Adu-Gyamfi

Director of Photography

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Editor

R Romulo Alejandro

Co-Editor

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Sound Recordist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Designer

Additional Photography

Additional Photography

D Dustin Thompson

Animation

C Christian Robinson

Thanks

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R Rebecca Baron

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Kevin Jerome Everson

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Lee Anne Schmitt

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Jean-Marie Téno