Beautiful tree, severed roots / written and produced by Kenny Mann.

The parents of filmmaker Kenny Mann were Polish and Romanian Jews and socialists who fled Europe to settle in Kenya as refugees in 1942. Born and raised there, Mann examines how their Jewish socialist values enabled them to fully adapt to and identify with Africa and Africans. While British settler...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Seventh Art Releasing (Firm) (Issuing body)
Pro Video Productions (Production company)
Rafiki Film Productions (Production company)
Other Authors: Mann, Kenny (Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer)
Mann, Oscar (director of photography.)
Goraj, Zofia (director of photography.)
Finkelstein, Perry (Editor of moving image work)
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA : Seventh Art Releasing, [2014]
Subjects:
Mann, Kenny > Family.
Jews > Kenya > Biography.
Jews > Kenya > Identity.
Jewish refugees > Kenya > Biography.
Socialists > Kenya > Biography.
Political activists > Kenya > Biography.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Kenya > Politics and government > To 1963.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Be my rafiki.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
The parents of filmmaker Kenny Mann were Polish and Romanian Jews and socialists who fled Europe to settle in Kenya as refugees in 1942. Born and raised there, Mann examines how their Jewish socialist values enabled them to fully adapt to and identify with Africa and Africans. While British settlers claimed land and exploited African people, her parents engaged with Africa and the African identity, devoting their lives to fighting hunger, disease, and poverty.
Note:Title from closing credits, disc label, and container.
"Be My Rafiki"--Opening screen.
"A Film by Kenny Mann"--Container.
"Copyright Kenny Mann, rafiki productions, 2014"--Closing screen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Call Number:DS135.K45 B43 2014 VideoDVD
Credits:Camera, Kenny Mann, Zofia Goraj ; editor, Perry Finkelstein, Pro Video Productions Inc.
System Details:DVD.