{"id":3865,"date":"2025-10-05T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/?p=3865"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:41:14","slug":"mambar-pierrette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/en\/films-2025\/mambar-pierrette\/","title":{"rendered":"MAMBAR PIERRETTE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>MAMBAR PIERRETTE<\/strong><br>Rosine Mbakam<strong><br><\/strong>Cameroon \/ Belgium | 2023 | Original version with English subtitles | 93 min<br><br>SUN 16 NOV<br>16:00 CITY SINEMA TRANSTOPIA<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"image-placeholder video\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25000000%\"><video controls class=\"video-js-el vjs-default-skin vjs-minimal-skin\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-vsetup=\"{&quot;techOrder&quot;:[&quot;youtube&quot;],&quot;sources&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;video\\\/youtube&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/V2NkGVxgN4A?si=dyVarYFLVrqHBYDb&quot;}],&quot;youtube&quot;:{&quot;iv_load_policy&quot;:1,&quot;ytControls&quot;:3,&quot;customVars&quot;:{&quot;wmode&quot;:&quot;transparent&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:0},&quot;enablePrivacyEnhancedMode&quot;:&quot;true&quot;}}\" preload=\"auto\" playsinline=\"playsinline\"><\/video><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past ten years, Cameroonian filmmaker Rosine Mbakam (CHEZ JOLIE COIFFURE, DELPHINE\u2019S PRAYERS) has made a name for herself with sensitive, observational documentary portraits of African women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the center of her feature film debut is the talented seamstress Pierrette, who runs a small workshop in the Cameroonian city of Douala. As a single mother who also cares for an elderly parent, she struggles to survive financially. Her life is filled with other challenges as well. One day, while taking a motorcycle taxi after work, she is attacked by robbers who steal all her savings\u2014just before the start of the new school year. To make matters worse, heavy rain floods both her apartment and her shop. Yet, instead of despairing, she faces every setback with calm and relies on the bonds she has built with the women in her community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rosine-Mbakam-credits-Jean-Dominique-Burton-couleur.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rosine-Mbakam-credits-Jean-Dominique-Burton-couleur.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rosine-Mbakam-credits-Jean-Dominique-Burton-couleur-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rosine-Mbakam-credits-Jean-Dominique-Burton-couleur-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rosine-Mbakam-credits-Jean-Dominique-Burton-couleur-806x537.jpeg 806w, https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rosine-Mbakam-credits-Jean-Dominique-Burton-couleur-558x372.jpeg 558w, https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Rosine-Mbakam-credits-Jean-Dominique-Burton-couleur-655x436.jpeg 655w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>ROSINE MBAKAM<\/strong> | Photo Jean-Dominique Burton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ROSINE MBAKAM<\/strong>, born in Cameroon, first became involved in film through the Italian NGO COE. In Douala, she worked as an editor, director, and presenter for the television station STV. She completed her studies at the Belgian film school INSAS with the award-winning short film TU SERAS. In 2014, she co-founded T\u00e2ndor Productions in Belgium with Geoffroy Cernaix, and in 2018 she established the production company T\u00e2ndor Films in Cameroon, where she also initiated Caravane Cin\u00e9ma to distribute African films in Cameroon. In 2021, she co-directed PRISME, a film about filming black skin. Her feature film MAMBAR PIERRETTE debuted in the international competition at TIFF Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1351\" data-id=\"3560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pierrette_2.17.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pierrette_2.17.1.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pierrette_2.17.1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pierrette_2.17.1-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pierrette_2.17.1-768x415.jpg 768w, 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