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Abderrahmane Sissakos African Worlds Bamako (The Court) [In-Person Only]
Sun Apr 24: 1.00pm PDT
$10 General Admission
$7 Student/Child/Senior/Member
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Abderrahmane Sissako
Mali & France
2006
1h 57m
Series - Abderrahmane Sissakos African Worlds
About
** This film series is co-presented by the UW African Studies Program, Black Cinema Collective, Henry Art Gallery, Northwest Film Forum, and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. **
An extraordinary trial is taking place in a residential courtyard in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. African citizens have taken proceedings against such international financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whom civil society blames for perpetuating Africas debt crisis, at the heart of so many of the continents woes. As numerous trial witnesses (schoolteachers, farmers, writers, etc.) air bracing indictments against the global economic machinery that haunts them, life in the courtyard presses forward. Melé, a lounge singer, and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up; a security guards gun goes missing; a young man lies ill; a wedding procession passes through; and women keep everything rolling dyeing fabric, minding children, spinning cotton, and speaking their minds.
Written and directed by the celebrated filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako (Waiting for Happiness) and co-executive produced by Danny Glover (who also provides a cameo in the film), this critically acclaimed political drama filled with a lush mix of warm colors and impassioned music offers a unique opportunity for audiences to become familiar with contemporary Africa. Sissako, who grew up in the courtyard that the film is set in, hired professional lawyers and judges along with witnesses to express their true feelings. Bamako voices Africas grievances in an original and profoundly moving way.
Stills courtesy of Icarus Films.
(Abderrahmane Sissako, Mali & France, 2006, 117 min, in French, Bambara, English & Hebrew with English subtitles)
A courtroom drama with a difference a light touch, a dry wit, and vast sympathy. Richard Brody, The New Yorker
[An] intimate, urgent and wildly imaginative indictment of post-colonial economic policies in Africa. Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
Bamako is an attack on globalization that is endlessly cogent, confrontational and, best of all, as captivating as it is illuminating. Kevin Thomas, The Los Angeles Times
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