Making a Living in the Dry Season
Original title Making a Living in the Dry Season
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Set in the highlands village of Katuwo, the film is an intimate portrait of the day-to-day life of a family living in an agro-pastoralist farm in Namibe, Angola. Through my request to my host Madukilaxi to put her skills into the making of a doll, the film addresses a twofold notion of labour taking place in the dry season: our shared doll-crafting and making a living. Lipuleni, Madukilaxi’s toddler, follows our twofold labour, and the three of us celebrate our efforts with a feast.
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Author/s Inês Ponte
I was born in 1979, Portugal, and studied Visual Anthropology in the UK, with a background in Documentary and Social Anthropology from home. My previous video is “Tender Kisses are Hard to Find” (21′, 2011, PT/UK). Since 2006 I have worked as an editor, cameraman, producer, researcher and writing assistant of documentary projects in India, Brazil, Portugal, Angola and the UK. Nowadays I teach theoretical and practical courses on filmmaking and visuality, conceive and collaborate in audiovisual and media projects based in Portugal.
Research Inês Ponte
Photography Inês Ponte
Sound Inês Ponte (sound mixing by Theuns Loubser)
Editing Inês Ponte, with Márcia Costa