Awara soup
1996
Awara broth is a type of stew made with awara oil—the fruit of a palm tree common in French Guiana—that Creoles prepare on Easter Monday. Preparing this dish provides an opportunity to meet the inhabitants of Mana, a small town of 1,500 people where a dozen languages are spoken.
Credits
Directed by: Marie-Clémence and César Paes
Image: César Paes
Sound: Bernard Oses
Mixing: Philippe Greugnon
Editing: Agnès Contensou
Music: Nokko
Production
Cobra Films / Latérit Productions
Co-production
RTBF / ARTE ORSTOM
With the help
CNC (Paris) - Documentary / Eurimages / Procirep / EC Plan 19/9 / DRAC GUYANE / Municipality of MANA / FAS (France)
Reviews
The broth Awara_kino_kommunales.pdf
Price
Best ethnographic film at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence
Best film about Creole culture
Views of Africa from Montreal (Canada)
Audience Award at the Noir tout Couleurs Festival in Guadeloupe
Broadcasts
RTBF (Belgium)
La 7/ARTE (France)
RFO
SBS (Australia)
DRE (Germany)
SFI (Africa), theatrical release: Switzerland
Festival(s)
Lussas Festival
Sunny side of the doc from Marseille
Paris Film Festival (France)