| Description |
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
New African cinema
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The library of African cinema
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| System Details |
DVD; letterboxed (1.85:1). |
| Language |
In Bambara with English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Falaba Issa Traore, Bala Moussa Keita, Habib Dembele, Lamine Diallo, Helene Diarra, Mouneissa Maiga, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Cheick Oumar Maiga. |
| Credits |
Photography, Lionel Cousin; editors, Kahena Attia, Joelle Dufour; music, Pierre Sauvageot, Michel Risse. |
| Note |
"En coproduction avec La Centre National de Production Cinematographique du Mali, La Direccion de la Production Cinematographique du Berkino-Faso, La WDR Cologne." |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. |
| Summary |
A tyrant throws his city into conflict and chaos when he allows his randy, dwarf son to reject an arranged marriage to the slim local beauty in order for him to pursue the girl's larger, married mother. The tyrant then sets his own eyes on the girl, making the situation even worse. 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. |
| Subject |
Dictators -- Africa, West -- Drama.
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Griots -- Africa, West -- Drama.
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Africa, West -- History -- Drama.
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Feature films.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films -- Mali.
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Foreign films.
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| Added Author |
Traore, Issa Baba.
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Sissoko, Cheick Oumar.
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Toure, Ibrahima.
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Ouedraogo, Idrissa.
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Kora Films (Firm)
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Centre national de production cinematographique du Mali.
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Direction de la production cinematographique du Burkina-Faso.
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
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California Newsreel (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on container: Guimba, the tyrant |
| Added Title |
Guimba, a tyrant in his time |
| Standard No. |
738329038724 |
| Music No. |
K387 Kino |
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