Sango Malo = the village teacher
A young teacher, Sango Malo, comes to a rural village with ideas of promoting rural development through practical education. He clashes with the established headmaster, who insists on a traditional French-style education. Malo alienates many of his supporters through his impatience and is arrested...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French |
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Burlington, VT :
California Newsreel,
[between 1994 and 2007?]
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| Summary: | A young teacher, Sango Malo, comes to a rural village with ideas of promoting rural development through practical education. He clashes with the established headmaster, who insists on a traditional French-style education. Malo alienates many of his supporters through his impatience and is arrested by the army on the behalf of the village chief, storeowner and priest. But he has taught well and the the villagers carry on his ideas without him. |
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| Item Description: | This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play in all DVD players or drives. Based on the novel of the same name by Bassek Bo Kobhio. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1991. A foreign film (Cameroon). |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R. |
| Production Credits: | Director: Bassek ba Kobhio ; photographer, Joseph Guerin ; writers, Bonaventure Takoukam, Sun Issa Traore, Marie-Jeanne Kanzala ; music, Francis Bebey. |
