Bamako [videorecording] / 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.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : New Yorker Video, [2008]
ISBN: 1567304729
9781567304725
Description: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s): International Monetary Fund Mali Bamako Drama.
World Bank Mali Bamako Drama.
International Monetary Fund Mali Bamako Drama.
World Bank Mali Bamako Drama.
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) Mali Bamako Drama.
Man-woman relationships Mali Bamako Drama.
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) Mali Bamako Drama.
Man-woman relationship Mali Bamako Drama.
Bamako (Mali) Drama.
Bamako (Mali) Drama.
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Credits: Director of photography, Jacques Besse ; editor, Nadia Ben Rachid ; costumes, Maji-da Abdi ; production designer, Mahamadou Kouyaté.
Performers: Aïssa Maïa, Tiécoura Traoré, Hélène Diarra, Habib Dembélé, Djénéba Koné, Aïssata Tall Sall, Roland Rappaport, William Bourdon, Mamadou Konaté, Mamadou Savadogo, Danny Glover.
Notes: French and Bambara dialogue, English subtitles.
Title from container.
Special features: Interview with director Abderrahmane Sissako; interview with Danny Glover; comments from economists, scholars and activists; theatrical trailer.
Summary: Melé, a bar singer, and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up. In the courtyard of the house they share with other families in Bamako, the capital city of Mali, African civil society representatives have taken proceedings against such international financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, whom they blame for Africa's woes. As numerous trial witnesses air bracing indictments against the multinational economic machinery that haunts them, life in the courtyard presses forward.
