Daybreak in Udi
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Original title | Daybreak in Udi |
Country of production | United Kingdom |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1949 |
length | 47 minutes |
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Director | Terry Bishop |
script | Montagu Slater |
production | Max Anderson |
music | William Alwyn |
camera | Fred Gamage |
cut | Terry Trench |
Daybreak in Udi is a 1949 British documentary that won the Oscar for Best Documentary at the 1950 Academy Awards .
Plot and awards
The documentary, funded by the British government, reports on the construction of a maternity hospital in the area of the Udi tribe in what is now the Nigerian state of Enugu with the help of British government officials. The sponsors of the project, two progressive young teachers, have to assert themselves against resistance within their own tribe, as the building is seen as an affront to the tradition and culture of the place. In the end, however, the connection of the views of the progressive and the traditionalists succeeds.
Not only did the film win an Oscar for Best Documentary in 1950, it also won the British Film Academy Award in 1950 for Best Documentary . He was also nominated for the United Nations Award from the British Film Academy.
Much of the film was incorporated into a two-part documentary called Savage World in 1953 .
Web links
- Daybreak in Udi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- NEW YORK TIMES: Daybreak in Udi (1949)