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Mambar Pierrette
2023
Synopsis
Douala, Cameroon. A long line of customers comes to Pierrette to prepare their clothes for upcoming social events and ceremonies. More than a seamstress, she is the confidant of her customers and community. But when rain threatens to flood her workshop, Pierrette will struggle to stay afloat.
Editorial
Bright fabrics interweave with misfortune in this tale of make-do and resilience. Taking the measurements of life in Cameroon with the instruments of fiction for the first time, Rosine Mbakam meshes the truth and amity of her empathetically crafted documentaries into poignant narrative cinema.
