Thanks for this extra information Sahndra. Our aim is to provide as much insight into global film as possible and it’s good to be able to promote a production like yours. Good luck with the next stage in the process and I look forward to the possibility of seeing a final product getting an international as well as local release. For those of us studying the history of film in Africa, Cameroon is particularly interesting because of the influence of both francophone and anglophone film cultures in the same country. Nowhere else shares exactly the same background.

Thanks Chris. I agree with your comments. I was aware of the better-known titles you mention but all the ones I was aware of were francophone titles from some time ago. Are any of your ‘straight to DVD’ films more recent? And do you know of any anglophone titles? The only anglophone Cameroonian director I’ve come across is Florence Ayisi who now teaches filmmaking in the UK. In 2005 she made a documentary Sisters-in-Law (2005) with the UK director Kim Longinotto about women working as barristers (advocates) in Cameroonian courts dealing with violence towards women.

Sango Malo sounds very interesting – anything supporting Freire’s ideas is going to be worthwhile.

Over 80 films have been made in Cameroon. I have several straight to DVD productions not on the Wikipedia list. Some of the most notable Cameroonian films include Pousse-Pousse – the story of a laborer in Douala trying to get married, featuring an Andre Tala soundtrack. Quartier Mozart – hysterical gender-bending fantasy. Les Saignantes – strange sci-fi about corruption. Sango Malo – based on a true story – film about a teacher trying to implement Paulo Freire’s ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed’.

While I think Yefon is worthy, the producer should tone down their claims of discovering an unknown country.