A COLLECTION OF AFRICA THEMED VIDEO WORKS – Milja Viita
A collection of Africa themed video works by Milja Viita.
Femme d`Afrique / Woman of Africa, 2011
A quiet and attentive portrait film of diligent women at Gulf of Guinea.
Coriolis, 2013
Coriolis is a poetic documentary about identical twins, Marthe and Martine, who are separated by the world. A caregiver of the elderly, Martine currently lives in Helsinki, while Marthe, who works as a dressmaker, still lives in their native country, Togo. The two sisters come from a region where planetary winds, the great forces of the climate, arise.
Monster Attack, 2010
Kenyan children are playing under the canopy of bamboos when, suddenly, the harmonious atmosphere gets broken.
Natural African Jazz Piece: Noël and Red-rumped Tinkerbird / Natural African Jazz Piece: Noël and Red-rumped Tinkerbird, 2010
Red-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus atroflavus) is a small, lively bird living in Sub-Saharan West Africa. When a man and the bird met one morning, the man was meant to just imitate the bird, but something new was created instead.