Bamako

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 th...

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Corporate Authors: Archipel 33 (Firm), New Yorker Films
Other Authors: Freyd, Denis, Sissako, Abderrahmane
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Bambara
Published: [New York] : New Yorker Video, 2008.
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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.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Interview with director Abderrahmane Sissako; interview with Danny Glover; comments from economists, scholars and activists; theatrical trailer.
Widescreen.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : digital, sd., col ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet ([10] p. : ill. 19 cm.).
Format:DVD format ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Jacques Besse ; editor, Nadia Ben Rachid ; costumes, Maji-da Abdi ; production designer, Mahamadou Kouyaté.
ISBN:5021866341309
9781567304725