Kenji's Mali
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Kenji's list on Mubi
"“Every nation has the right to be represented by the cinema” (Souleymane Cissé).
To which i would add, and for its cinema and other cultural treasures to be properly appreciated.
Mali has a magnificent cultural heritage, and along with superb films by directors like Souleymane Cissé, there has been tremendous music, from Tinariwen and Ali Farka Touré among others. Timbuktu is a legendary city of learning- so what a proud day it was for little Hay-on-Wye in Wales to become its twin in 2007. I have visited it- if only on google earth satellite!
Anyway, here are films from Mali on this site. I look forward to seeing more, but the masterpieces Yeelen and Finyé are probably my favourite African films, while Bamako (its director was raised in Mali) is a telling indictment of, and puts on trial, the exploitative World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Fans of the Greek director Angelopoulos may be interested that cinematographer on Mother of the Dunes is Giorgos Arvanitis, while among the cinematographers in Waati is Georgi Rerberg, best known for his work on Tarkovsky’s Mirror. I’ve included Life on Earth; although officially not an indigenous film (rather funded by Burkina Faso, France and Mauritania), cos it is set in Mali. It is hard finding info on the national cinema, and even on Cissé; i’ve had to alter the short unsatisfactory Wikipedia article (adopted by Mubi) below."
Missing from imdb/icm:
#17 "Djandjon" by Sophie Hoffelt
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Cinq jours d'une vie
1973, in 0 top lists Check -
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Den muso
1975 — a.k.a. The Young Girl, in 0 top lists Check -
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Baara
1978, in 1 top list Check -
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Finye
1982 — a.k.a. The Wind, in 2 top lists Check -
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Nyamanton
1987 — a.k.a. La leçon des ordures, in 0 top lists Check -
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Yeelen
1987, in 9 top lists Check -
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Finzan
1989, in 1 top list Check -
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Segu janjo
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bamunan
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Ta Dona
1991 — a.k.a. Fire!, in 1 top list Check -
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L'enfant terrible - Conte bambara
1993 — a.k.a. The Terrible Child, in 0 top lists Check -
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Guimba, un tyran une époque
1995 — a.k.a. Guimba the Tyrant, in 2 top lists Check -
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Waati
1995, in 1 top list Check -
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Faraw!
1997 — a.k.a. Mother of the Dunes, in 0 top lists Check -
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Taafé Fanga
1997 — a.k.a. Skirt Power, in 0 top lists Check -
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La vie sur terre
1998 — a.k.a. Life on Earth, in 0 top lists Check -
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La genèse
1999 — a.k.a. Genesis, in 0 top lists Check -
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Je chanterai pour toi
2001 — a.k.a. I'll Sing for You, in 0 top lists Check -
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Kabala
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Bamako Sigi-Kan
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Zabou, mannequin des sables
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Bamako
2006, in 4 top lists Check -
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Faro, la reine des eaux
2007 — a.k.a. Faro: Goddess of the Waters, in 0 top lists Check -
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Kempinski
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Victimes de nos richesses (Pays pillés très...
2007 — a.k.a. Victims of Our Riches, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fantan Fanga
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Min Ye
2009 — a.k.a. Tell Me Who You Are, in 0 top lists Check -
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Drogba est mort
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Tinye So
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Messenger of the Great River
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Bamako année 0
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Timbuktu
2014, in 9 top lists Check -
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They Will Have to Kill Us First
2015, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 31, 2016; source