Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho 1991

Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho 1991, is a 1991 Canadian-German documentary film co-directed by Don Edkins, Ute Holl, Mike Schlomer, Malibusong Matsoso and Thabo Nkubo.[1][2] The film describes about four "Goldwidows", Basotho women from Lesotho whose husbands work as migrant gold miners in South Africa.[3][4]

Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho 1991
Directed byDon Edkins
Ute Holl
Mike Schlomer
Malibusong Matsoso
Thabo Nkubo
Distributed byFirst Run Icarus Films
Release date
1991 (Germany)
Running time
52 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film has been shot with interviews in Sesotho with English subtitles.[5][6] The film made its premier in 1990 and distributed with VHS format. The film received mixed reviews from critics.[7] The film made official selection to screen at Leipzig Film Festival and Melbourne Film Festival.[3][8]

References

  1. "Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho | GoldPoster Movie Poster Gallery". GoldPoster. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  2. Goldwidows: women in Lesotho. 1991. OCLC 27397946. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  3. "Icarus Films: Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho". icarusfilms.com. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  4. Bardhan, Soumia (2019-12-09). Internationalizing the Communication Curriculum in an Age of Globalization. Routledge. pp. 11–20. doi:10.4324/9780429266126-2. S2CID 213253457.
  5. "Films - Africultures : Goldwidows". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  6. "Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho" (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  7. Evans, Mary (November 2011). Women's Studies International Forum. Vol. 34. pp. 603–610. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2011.08.001. ISSN 0277-5395.
  8. "MIFF Archive". MIFF 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
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