Guimba : un tyran, une époque /
An epic set in the legendary past of Mali (West Africa) to provide a biting allegory of present-day African politics. Through the story of the downfall of Guimba the tyrant, the filmmaker foretells a similar fate for the many dictators who still pillage the continent. He frames his film with the app...
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| Language: | Bambara Fulah English |
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New York, NY :
Kino on Video,
c1999
New York, NY : [1999] |
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| Summary: | An epic set in the legendary past of Mali (West Africa) to provide a biting allegory of present-day African politics. Through the story of the downfall of Guimba the tyrant, the filmmaker foretells a similar fate for the many dictators who still pillage the continent. He frames his film with the appearance of a griot, a traditional African storyteller who passes down the "wisdom of the ancestors", looking to the values and legends of the African past for inspiration and guidance in reconstructing well-governed, self-sufficient nations |
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| Item Description: | A foreign film (Mali, Burkina Faso, Germany) Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995 Videocassette release of a motion picture originally produced in 1995 "En coproduction avec La Centre National de Production Cinematographique du Mali, la Direction de la Production Cinematographique du Burkina-Faso, la WDR Cologne." "En coproduction avec La Centre National de Production Cinematographique du Mali. La Direccion de la Production Cinematographique du Berkino-Faso, La WDR Cologne." |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in 1 videocassette (94 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in |
| Format: | VHS |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Lionel Cousin ; editors, Kahena Attia, Joëlle Dufour ; music, Pierre Sauvageot, Michel Risse |