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Bamako [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Abderrahmane Sissako.

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New Yorker Video, [2008].

International Monetary Fund -- Mali -- Bamako -- Drama.

World Bank -- Mali -- Bamako -- Drama.

Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- Mali -- Bamako -- Drama.

Bamako (Mali) -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (117 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Special features: Interview with director Abderrahmane Sissako ; interview with Danny Glover ; comments from economists, scholars and activists ; Harry Belafonte: clip from NY Film Festival panel ; scene selections ; essays by Aminata Traore and Mahmood Mamdani ; theatrical trailer.

A France/Mali/USA co-production.

In French and Bambara with optional English subtitles.

New Yorker Films presents an Abderrahmane Sissako film, an Archipel 33, Chinguitty Film, Mali Images, Arte France co-production in association with Louverture Films ; produced by Denis Freyd and Abderrahmane Sissako ; written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako.

Aïssa Maïa, Tiécoura Traoré, Hélène Diarra, Habib Dembélé, Djénéba Koné, Aïssata Tall Sall, Roland Rappaport, William Bourdon, Mamadou Konaté and Mamadou Savadogo with the participation of Danny Glover.

"An historic trial is taking place in a residential courtyard in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. African citizens have taken proceedings against such financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, whom they blame for perpetuating Africa's debt crisis. As numerous trial witnesses (school teachers, farmers, writers, etc.) air bracing indictments against the global economic machinery that haunts them, life in the courtyard presses forward. Bar singer Mele and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up; a security guard's gun goes missing; a young man lies ill; a wedding procession passes through; and women dye fabric. Writer and directed by the celebrated filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako (Waiting For Happiness) and co-executive produced by Danny Glover (who also provides a cameo in the film), this critically acclaimed political drama - filled with a lush mix of warm colors and impassioned music - offers a unique opportunity for worldwide audiences to become familiar with contemporary Africa. Sissako, who grew up in the courtyard that the film is set in, hired professional lawyers, judges, and 'witnesses' to express their true feelings. Bamako voices Africa's grievances in an original and profoundly moving way."--Container.

Social problem films.

Films français.

Films africains.

Sissako, Abderrahmane.

Maïga, Aïssa.

Traoré, Tiécoura.

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