That Fire Within
1992
United Kingdom
62 minutes
Afrikaans; Kwanyama
Like a folk song this impressionistic documentary unfolds the life of Aune, a subsistence farmer living in the north of newly independent Namibia. While her husband is away working, Aune raises their seven children, tends her crops and works with the other women of her village. Together they try to improve social conditions damaged by years of war. A woman with a practical philosophy, knowing that the community faces disaster from prolonged drought, Aune still manages to “laugh beauty into life”.
Production :
National Film and Television School
National Film and Television School
Distribution :
National Film and Television School
National Film and Television School
Editing :
Ewa J. Lind
Ewa J. Lind
Sound :
Jet Homoet; Simon Wilkie
Jet Homoet; Simon Wilkie
Photography :
Jet Homoet; Simon Wilkie
Jet Homoet; Simon Wilkie