Becoming a woman in Okrika
DOCUMENTARY
Becoming a woman in Okrika
Female initiation rituals in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.
Iria, the female initiation ritual on Okrika Island, in the Niger Delta, prescribes that girls getting close to marrying age are fattened for three weeks. At the end of the segregation period they are exposed in public. The presence of water spirits during a collective race confirms their final entering into adultness.
Broadcast by RAITRE
Margaret Mead Film Festival- New York 1991
First Prize Rassegna Internazionale di Film Antropologico
ed Etnografico – Nuoro 1990
Festival dei Popoli – Sezione antropologica – Roma, Museo Pigorini 1990
Festival di Bellaria 1990
American Film and Video Festival – American Anthropological
Association 1990
XIV Edizione degli Incontri di Cinema e Donne – Firenze 1992
Date:
11 December 2020
Directed by:
Elisa Mereghetti and Judith GleasonLength:
25'Year:
1990Production:
Gleason, Kamel Filmcontribution:
Ann and Erlo Van Waveren FoundationPhotography:
Elisa MereghettiEditing:
Sandra Degiuli
Date:
11 December 2020
