Return to Belaye: A Rite of Passage - filmaker and RPCV Amy Flannery describes her husband's return to his African village where he is initiated into manhood.
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Return to Belaye: A Rite of Passage - filmaker and RPCV Amy Flannery describes her husband's return to his African village where he is initiated into manhood.
Return to Belaye: A Rite of Passage - filmaker and RPCV Amy Flannery describes her husband's return to his African village where he is initiated into manhood
Return to Belaye: A Rite of Passage - filmaker and RPCV Amy Flannery describes her husband's return to his African village where he is initiated into manhood.
"Some secrets can never be shared, like what your husband learned in the Sacred Forest. You can read books, make assumptions, and try to imagine things, but you can never get confirmation. Asking too many questions is considered impolite. Some things are simply 'nini.' That means forbidden in Jola."
In RETURN TO BELAYE: A RITE OF PASSAGE, filmmaker Amy Flannery describes her husband's return to his African village where he is initiated into manhood. Now a resident of Washington, D.C., Papis Goudiaby went back to Senegal in the summer of 1999. He spent two weeks in the Sacred Forest with his peers to learn the secrets of the Jola tribe and the responsibilities of manhood.
A week of intense celebration leads up to the initiates' entrance into the Sacred Forest. Harkening back to ancient warrior traditions, the men demonstrate bravery and invulnerability by slashing their bodies with knives and firing homemade cannons. Dressed in colorful costumes, the villagers dance and sing.
"Fascinating...Flannery captured part of what makes their union of races and cultures special."
- Nicole Miller, The Washington Post
"Incredibly rich, moving and beautifully filmed."
- Marty Hornstein, Executive Producer, Along Came a Spider
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Yellow Cat began in 1972 with "Homeplace," a folk documentary about agrarian life in Mississippi. The company was incorporated in Washington, D.C. in 1980. Today our productions include documentaries, PSA's, VNR's, corporate communications, public relations, broadcast news, and Government programs. We have been on the GSA schedule since 2000.
Our staff is composed of multilingual professionals who have worked extensively in the U.S., Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. We are known for providing engaging programs, on-schedule and within budget. We make the extra effort to meet our clients' needs.
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