Finzan /
In Finzan, Cheick Oumar Sissoko has skillfully crafted a film which raises one of the most important issues of African rural life, the status of women, in a style accessible to every villager. Finzan tells the story of two women's rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow defies her brother-in-law, the...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Bambara |
| Language Notes: | In Bambara with English subtitles. |
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San Francisco, CA :
California Newsreel,
1990.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | In Finzan, Cheick Oumar Sissoko has skillfully crafted a film which raises one of the most important issues of African rural life, the status of women, in a style accessible to every villager. Finzan tells the story of two women's rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow defies her brother-in-law, the village fool, when he asserts his traditional right to "inherit" her. Fili, a young woman sent from the city by her conservative father, is brutally "circumcised" by village women, scandalized by her refusal to submit to this ancient ritual. Sissoko weaves these two stories together into a painfully realistic picture of village society, tragically unable to free itself from the past. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (112 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 01:52:07 |
| Awards: | Won 1989 Nantes Three Continents Festival, Cheick Oumar Sissoko Tied with A Ay (1988) Nominated 1989 Nantes Three Continents Festival, Cheick Oumar Sissoko Nominated 1990 Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Best Feature Film Cheick Oumar Sissoko |