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Sun is a Good Child (2014)

Original title: Päike on hea laps

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Documentary Duration 38:00

Mart Kuurme is a lifetime physics teacher. He arrives to Kongo village in Northern Ghana on October 21st, 2013 in order to start working as a volunteer teacher of physics and astronomy to local children. Solar eclipse is expected in Ghana on November 3rd. Mart carefully prepares for the event: observations of the starry sky at late night, physics lessons in a local secondary school. The film also reflects the life of local people, often accompanied by dancing - they dance everywhere and all the time, either in football competitions, funerals or harvesting parties, even in churches. Mart goes to ...

Director: Vahur Laiapea

Keywords: African | donkey | performance | lament | playing football | football team | drawing | imitating | church | singing of a church choir | View all »

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Ikoon
Film Category Documentary
Text / Dialogue Estonian, English
Subtitles Estonian
Duration 38:00

Crew

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Producer Vahur Laiapea
Director Vahur Laiapea
Cinematographer Vahur Laiapea
Composer Ardo Ran Varres
Editor Urmas Sepp

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm