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Mambar Pierrette
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Mambar Pierrette, dir. Rosine Mbakam, Belgium / Cameroon 2023, Bamileke, French, Pidgin with English subtitles, 93 min.


The city of Douala is in trepidation for the start of the new school year. A long line of customers come to Mambar Pierrette, the neighbourhood dressmaker, to have their clothes ready for imminent social events and ceremonies. More than just a sewer, Pierrette becomes the confidant of her customers, of a generation. But when the rain starts pouring down and threaten to flood her workshop – one of several successive misfortunes – Pierrette will have to stay afloat.

Both a continuation and a departure from Mbakam's acclaimed documentary work, Mambar Pierrette is a moving portrait of the eponymous Pierrette's daily life.
 
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