Ida's Daughter: The World of Eintou Pear Springer

Synopsis

This feature documentary is about the life & work of Poet Laureate Eintou Springer, about the Black Power events of 1970 in which her cousin Theodore Guerra, SC, was a prosecutor and she an activist, about moving away from the influence of the Euro-Christian church and the gravitation to and meaning of African religion in her life, about her racial experiences in her childhood, about literature becoming the source of her interest...
Eintou recalls her childhood in Santa Cruz, the cultural milieu that shaped her, the role of the extended family and that of her grandfather: the stickfighting, the mas, the cuisine, the fauna and flora; memories of a personal nature... Eintou addressing a public audience, interspersed with her play, Kamboulay, performed in the street, brief extract of her play, Hyarima, and her reading poetry. The critical voices of Profs. Carole Boyce-Davies, Funso Aiyejina, Shango Womi discuss the relevance of her work to the region. Prof. Aiyejina, Mavis John and Wendell Manwarren of 3 Canal all speak of their musical & cultural interaction with Eintou. The final sequence speaks of her working life, class and shade prejudices and her mother’s domestic work to educate her brother and her. http://www.facebook.com/Intef Communications Ltd.

Details

Year

2010

Type of film

Features

Running Time

75 mins

Format

HDV

Director

Amon Saba Saakana

Producer

Amon Saba Saakana

Editor

Edmund Attong

Screenwriter

Amon Saba Saakana

Director of Photography

Edmund Attong

Sound

Colin Peters, Edmund Attong

Principal Cast

Michael Cherry, Rebecca Moraldo, Shanya Springer

Genre

• Documentary

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 1st September 2011