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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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French Bambara |
| Language Notes: | French and Bambara dialogue, English subtitles. |
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[New York] :
New Yorker Video,
[2007]
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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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. Special features include: interview with director Abderrahmane Sissako; interview with Danny Glover; comments from economists, scholars and activists; theatrical trailer. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | DVD, widescreen (letterboxed, 16x9, enhanced) presentation; 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: | 9781567304725 1567304729 |