Hajnosz Family Archive

collection Hajnosz Family Archive
authors Maria Gepner-Hajnosz
starring Maria Gepner-Hajnosz; Alex
length 02'26
country Nigeria
format 8 mm
color color
signature PAFD 0008 005
description

Maria Gepner Hajnosz, an architect, a lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria (Nigeria) (1975–1983). She took part in the Warsaw Uprising together with her mother, Stefania Gepner, and her brother, Bolesław. They worked in a kitchen. Bolesław died in the Uprising at the age of 13.

Shots from a moving car. A man walks along the side of the road and carries a pile of wood on his head. Maria’s car parked by the road (Mini Morris Moke). Shots of cultivated plants and orange flowers. Shots from a moving car. Next to Maria’s parked car, we can see Alex, Maria’s British friend and a university lecturer. Shots from a moving car. A man stands on the side of the road in a traditional outfit. A woman walks through farmland, carrying bags on her head. A grazing donkey and a cow. Local children gather around a huge baobab, behind which a yellow car is parked. Maria stands next to a backwater shore. A herd of white cows.

(PB)

keywords Africa  Nigeria  Zaria  man  car  Mini Morris Moke  nature  car shots  farmland  donkey  cow  baobab  children 
source of funding Ministry of Culture and National Heritage