| Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; c4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The library of African cinema
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| System Details |
DVD-R; this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. |
| Language |
In Jula and French with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Sotigui Kouyate, Hamed Dicko, Seydou Boro, Abdoulaye Koumboudri, Mamadou Sarr, Claire Sanon, Blandine Yameogo, Awa Sow, Souleymane Koulibaly. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Robert Millie ; editors, Zoe Durouchoux, Agnes Ravez ; original music, Sotigui Kouyate. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture. |
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A foreign film (Burkina Faso). |
| Summary |
Based on an important work of African oral literature, the Sundjata epic. When a djeliba, a master griot or bard, arrives mysteriously at the home of Mabo Keita to teach him "the meaning of his name," the boy and griot are inevitably brought into conflict with his Westernized mother and schoolteacher, who have rejected African tradition. The griot reveals to Mabo the story of his distant ancestor, Sundjata Keita, the 13th century founder of the great Malian trading empire. |
| Subject |
Keita, Soundiata, -1255 -- Drama.
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Epic of Son-Jara -- Drama.
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Legends -- Africa -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films -- Burkina Faso.
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| Added Author |
Kouyate, Dani.
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Paris, Veronique.
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Kouyate, Sotigui.
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Dicko, Hamed.
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Boro, Seydou.
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AFIX Productions.
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Productions de la lanterne.
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Sahelis Productions.
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California Newsreel (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Heritage of the griot |
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