Kini and Adams

Infobox Film
name = Kini and Adams


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director = Idrissa Ouedraogo
producer = Idrissa Ouedraogo
writer = Idrissa Ouedraogo
Santiago Amigorena
Olivier Lorelle
narrator =
starring =Vusi Kunene
David Mohloki
music = Wally Badarou
cinematography = Pierre-Laurent Chénieux
editing = Monica Coleman
distributor =Polygram Filmed Entertainment
released = France:
October 22 1997
United Kingdom:
March 5 1999
runtime =93 mins.
country = Burkina Faso
France
language =English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =1:155007
imdb_id = 0119463

"Kini and Adams" is a 1997 Burkinabé drama film directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo. It was filmed in Zimbabwe in the English language. [cite book
last = Hoefert De Turégano
first = Teresa
authorlink =
title = African Cinema and Europe: Close-up on Burkina Faso
publisher = European Press Academic Publishing
date = 2004
pages = 241
url =
isbn =888398031X ]

Plot

Two friends, Kini and Adams, live in a rural South African community. They struggle to fix up an old car to enable them to move to the city to find a better life. [cite web
last = Brennan
first = Sandra
title = Kini & Adams > Overview
publisher = AllMovie
url = http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:155007~T0
accessdate =2008-08-03 ]

Cast

*Vusi Kunene as Kini
*David Mohloki as Adams
*Nthati Moshesh as Aida
*John Kani as Ben
*Netsayi Chigwendere as Binja
*Fidelis Cheza as Tapera

Reception

For this film Idrissa Ouedraogo was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury prize at the 1998 Bermuda International Film Festival. [cite web
title =Archive: September/October 1998
publisher = Northwest Film Center
url = http://www.nwfilm.org/archives/schedule_1998/nowplaying_sepoct98.html
accessdate =2008-08-03 ] [cite web
last = Rabinowitz
first = Mark
authorlink =
title = Bermuda Fest Wraps, "Kini and Adams" Wins Jury Prize
work = indieWIRE
publisher =
date = 1998-05-11
url = http://www.indiewire.com/ots/fes_98Berm_980511_Awards.html
accessdate =2008-08-03 ]

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