Bamako
Alternate/Foreign Title: Court [Alternate title]
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2008-03-18
Genre: Foreign
Sub-genre: Drama
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Stars: Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Balla Habib Dembélé, Djénéba Koné, Hamadoun Kassogué, William Bourdon, Mamadou Kanouté, Gabriel Magma Konate, Aminata Traoré, Danny Glover, Elia Suleiman
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Synopsis: Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, the African continent is fighting for its survival. In the face of this disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants who go about their business, attentive or indifferent to the debates. Among them are Chaka and Mele--she is a singer in a bar and he is unemployed. It also doesn't help that their relationship is on the rocks.
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