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Bamako [videorecording] / New Yorker Films release ; Archipel 33 ... [et al.] ; un film de Abderrahmane Sissako ; scénario et réalisation, Abderrahmane Sissako ; producteurs délégués Denis Freyd, Abderrahmane Sissako.

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 109708 | New Yorker VideoNYD 109708 | New Yorker VideoLanguage: French, Bambara Summary language: English Publication details: [New York] : New Yorker Video, 2008.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : digital, sd., col ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet ([10] p. : ill. 19 cm.)ISBN:

5021866341309
9781567304725

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DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

PN1995.9 .M45S57

Production credits:

Director of photography, Jacques Besse ; editor, Nadia Ben Rachid ; costumes, Maji-da Abdi ; production designer, Mahamadou Kouyaté.

Cast: Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Hélène Diarra, Habib Dembélé, Djénéba Koné, Aïssata Tall Sall, Roland Rappaport, William Bourdon, Mamadou Konaté, Mamadou Savadogo, Danny Glover.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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Audio-Visual Material	Athi-River Campus Multimedia	PN1995.9.M45S57 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	AV075
Audio-Visual Material	Athi-River Campus Multimedia	PN1995.9.M45S57 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	AV101
Audio-Visual Material	Nairobi Campus Multimedia	PN1995.9.M45S57 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	AV102
Audio-Visual Material	Nairobi Campus Multimedia	PN1995.9.M45S57 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	AV103

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.

Director of photography, Jacques Besse ; editor, Nadia Ben Rachid ; costumes, Maji-da Abdi ; production designer, Mahamadou Kouyaté.

Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Hélène Diarra, Habib Dembélé, Djénéba Koné, Aïssata Tall Sall, Roland Rappaport, William Bourdon, Mamadou Konaté, Mamadou Savadogo, Danny Glover.

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.