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MAMBAR PIERRETTE - Over the past decade, Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam has distinguished herself for her quietly observational documentary portraits of African women. With Mambar Pierrette, her feature narrative debut, Mbakam turns her documentarian's eye to the eponymous Pierrette, a gifted & beloved neighborhood seamstress who works to support her young children and mother. As a rainstorm threatens to flood her workshop - one of many misfortunes - Pierrette will have to stay afloat. A film by Rosine Mbakam / An Icarus Films / 2023 / Belgium / Cameroon / 93 minutes / In Bamiléké; French; Cameroonian Pidgin; with English subtitles. BONUS VIDEO! INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER ROSINE MBAKAM (15 MINS)
