| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The films of Souleymane Cisse |
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Films of Souleymane Cissé.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987; released in association with Cinecom International Films. |
| Credits |
Photography, Jean-Noel Ferragut, Jean-Michel Humeau ; editor, Dounamba Coulibaly ; music, Salif Keita, Michel Portal. |
| Cast |
Isiyaka Kane, Awa Sangare, Nyamanto Sanogo, Bala Musa Keyita, Sumba Tarawolo, Isimayila Sar, Koke Sangare, Yusufu Tenen Sise, Sidi Jalo. |
| Summary |
A film adaptation of one of the great oral epics of the Bambara people, set during the powerful Mali Empire of the 13th century. Tells the story of Nianankoro, a young Bambara warrior destined to destroy a corrupt older society, the secret Komo cult, and with it his father, and, inevitably, himself. The climactic flash of light which floods the screen at the film's end ushers in a new purified world order and captures the Bambara belief in time as circular, not linear, always returning to that initial "brightness" which created the world. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Bambara dialogue, English subtitles ; summaries in French. |
| Subject |
Bambara (African people) -- Drama.
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Bambara (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies -- Drama.
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Mali -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Fantasy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Motion pictures, Malian.
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Motion pictures, African.
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| Added Author |
Cissé, Souleymane. Director. Screenwriter. Producer.
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Keïta, Salif, 1949- Composer.
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Portal, Michel, 1935- Composer.
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Keita, Balla Moussa. Actor.
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Kane, Issiaka. Actor.
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Traoure, Soumba. Actor.
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Sangare, Aoua. Actor.
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Sanogo, Niamanto. Actor.
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Sarr, Ismaila. Actor.
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Sangare, Koke. Actor.
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Cissé Films.
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Cinecom International Films.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Added Title |
Brightness |
| Standard No. |
738329025922 |
| Music No. |
K259 Kino International |
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