Handmade in Africa S01E01 480p x264-mSD[TGx]

Handmade.in.Africa.S01E01.480p.x264-mSD[TGx]

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SERIES INFO

Genre: Documentary

Stars: -

Series Plot: Observational documentary series that explores inherited knowledge and the meaning of tradition, master craftsmanship and artistic processes in three African cultures.



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EPISODE INFO

Title: Dorze House

Airdate: 2020-08-17

Episode plot: Filmed in the remote Gamo highlands of southern Ethiopia, this episode tells the story of Dorze house builders as they weave a traditional bamboo home for an elderly woman in their community.



The Dorze are a minority ethnic group who live in the mountains and have retained their distinct culture and dialect. They are renowned as producers of colourful cloth and for their unique houses, which are woven from strips of bamboo.



The film follows village elder Admasu Ourage as he oversees the building of a new house for his friend Dasanshi, whose old house is falling down. The whole process is captured, from the moment Dasanshi’s old house is moved, and the cutting and preparation of the bamboo, to the construction and completion of the new house. Their work is a window on to the significance of Orthodox Christian faith in Ethiopia- each stage of the build is accompanied by blessings and prayers of thanks, led by Admasu.



The film is also a portrait of a community in flux, as more and more Dorze people choose to build their houses with corrugated iron roofs instead of traditional, woven bamboo. For the Dorze, the construction of a new woven house is like ‘a child being born’. It is testament to a thriving community. Once complete, the whole village comes together to sing and dance in celebration.



Included subtitles

English



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SCREENSHOTS

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MEDIAINFO

Container = Matroska (mkv)

Duration = 00:29:10.912

Filesize = 153 MiB

Overall bitrate = 731 kb/s

Video

Codec info = AVC High@L3 | V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

Resolution = 640x480

Display AR = 1.778 | 16:9

Bitrate = 3 494 kb/s

Framerate = CFR 25.000

Color space = YUV

Chroma subsampling = 4:2:0

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Audio

Codec info = AAC | A_AAC-2

Channels = 2

Bitrate = 128 kb/s

Samplerate = 48.0 kHz

Language = English