Title A Week of sweet water / by Peter Adamson ; a BBC-TV co-production in association with UNICEF ; producer, David Wallace ; script, Peter Adamson

Published [Chicago] : Films Inc. ; Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources [distributor], ©1985

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Description 1 online resource (1 streaming video (40 min.)) Series Ethnographic video online Summary Examines a Mossi community in Burkina Faso and centers on two themes: the impact of drought and famine in the area, and the tension between old institutions and newer ideas Credits Director and writer, Peter Adamson ; producer, David Wallace ; photographer, David South ; editor, Peter Rose Notes Some segments in Mossi with English subtitles Print version record Subject Mossi (African people) -- Economic conditions Mossi (African people) -- Social conditions Droughts -- Burkina Faso Droughts -- Africa, West Famines -- Burkina Faso Famines -- Africa, West Women -- Burkina Faso -- Social conditions Women -- Africa, West -- Social conditions Droughts. Economic history. Famines. Mossi (African people) -- Economic conditions. Mossi (African people) -- Social conditions. Women -- Social conditions. SUBJECT Africa, West -- Economic conditions -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001702 Subject West Africa. Burkina Faso. Genre/Form Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Nonfiction films. Documentary films. Ethnographic films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films ethnographiques. Films autres que de fiction. Form Streaming video Author Adamson, Peter British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service UNICEF.

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