Bamako
Bamako
Bamako
Outside the modest home that singer Melé and her husband Chaka share with other families stands a make-shift open-air courtroom. The accused: The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the inequities of globalization perpetrated on all of Africa. One by one, witnesses take the in stand Sissako’s pointed, nuanced meta-drama.
Credits
DIRECTOR
Abderrahmane Sissako
SCREENPLAY
Abderrahmane Sissako
PRODUCER
Archipel 35 / Archipel 33
CAST
Aïssa Maïga
Tiécoura Traroé
Hélène Diarra
Habib Dembélé
Overview
DETAILS
Drama
French; Bambara
117 min.
France/Mali, 2006
DISTRIBUTOR
Icarus Films
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