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Dollar A Close-Up on Bintou

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Tragic and comic tales of survival in modern Africa. Dollar focuses on Mougler, a Libreville teenager so worried about his mother's health that he takes desperate measures to help her. (Imunga Ivanga, 1999, Gabon; 92 mins.)

The raucously comic A Close-Up on Bintou portrays the struggles of a housewife determined to educate her daughter despite her husband's objections. (Fanta Regina Nacro, 2000, Burkina Faso; 30 mins.)

Season Support

Support for the 2001-02 film/video season is provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Event Support

Presented with support from Pathfinder International.

International films presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council.
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Dollar A Close-Up on Bintou