Bamako

Credits

Name: Bamako

Country: Mali; Frankreich

Year of publication: 2006

Format: DVD

Color: color

Language : OF m. dt. UT

Duration: 115 Minuten

Direction: Sissako, Abderrahmane

Screenplay: Sissako, Abderrahmane

Camera: Besse, Jacques

Editing: Ben Rachid, Nadia

Sound: Winding, Christophe

Actor: Maiga, Aîssa; Mahalmadane, Haméye; Bourdon, William; Traoré, Tiécoura; Diarra, Hélène; Dembélé, Habib

Abstract

The beautiful woman Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work. The couple that lives in Bamako, the capital of Mali, is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house, where they live together with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF, whom they blame for Africa`s woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by this novel Africa`s desire to fight for its rights.

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