Un portrait de Maman Rosalie Makoudjou, née au Cameroun, qui a immigré de son pays d’origine vers un pays étranger. Ce court métrage est une exploration visuellement lyrique de la vision d’une femme et de la négociation de son identité en tant qu’épouse, mère et professionnelle, alors qu’elle défie le destin qui lui a été prescrit par son entourage.

Film : https://vimeo.com/155535045

A portrait of Cameroonian born Maman Rosalie Makoudjou who immigrated from her home to a foreign country. This short film is a visually lyrical exploration of a woman’s vision and negotiation of identity as a wife, mother and professional as she challenges a fate prescribed to her by her entourage.

Many of the people I know who have immigrated have chosen to integrate a different society due to its perceived superiority – whether economically, socially, politically or otherwise. However, most leave their country of origin with preconceived ideas of what life in a new society will be like, the image of which is often shaped by the media. By engaging in a dialogue with Sub Saharan African women who have immigrated to Washington D.C., this film will seek to address the disparity between expectations of what a ‘new life’ will bring and the reality of living in a ‘host’ country and dealing with issues such as social and cultural displacement and the consequent re-negotiation of one’s own identity within a foreign environment.
Emilie Kengmo Chapatte is a visual anthropologist and dancer and lives and works between Lyon and Manchester.

A film developed in the framework of SIC.

Film: https://vimeo.com/155535045