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Tells the story of two women's rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow, refuses her brother-in-law, the village fool, when he asserts his traditional right to "inherit" her. Fili, a young girl sent from the city by her conservative father, is brutally circumcised by the village women who ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Kora Films (Firm), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Centre national de production cinématographique du Mali, California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors:	Sissoku, Cheick Oumar, Sonogo, Diarrah, Keïta, Oumar Namory, Kōṭi, Touré, Saïdou, Keita, Balla Moussa
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	Bambara French
Language Notes:	In Bambara and French with English subtitles.
Published:	San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [between 2000 and 2009?]
Series:	Library of African cinema (Videocassette)
Subjects:	Women > Feature > Video. Bambara (African people) > Marriage customs and rites > Drama. Bambara (African people) > Social life and customs > Drama. Mali > Social life and customs > Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, African. Feature films.

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Summary:	Tells the story of two women's rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow, refuses her brother-in-law, the village fool, when he asserts his traditional right to "inherit" her. Fili, a young girl sent from the city by her conservative father, is brutally circumcised by the village women who are scandalized that she resists the age-old custom.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. A foreign film (Mali). Letterbox format. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (107 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:	Image, Cheik Hamalla Keïta ; montage, Ouoba Motandi.