23 Films & TV Shows Set In Mali
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WΓΉlu
π²π± MaliMalian-French director Daouda Coulibaly's auspicious debut is a pulse-pounding political thriller. WΓΉlu tells the unsettling tale of a man's rise from the bottom rung of the social ladder to the heights of criminal power.
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Our House
π²π± MaliBamako. Several women are illegally evicted from their home in 2008. Their brother, Souleymane CissΓ©, takes up his camera to look back at his childhood and family history in a country heading for war despite a tradition of tolerance.
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Timbuktu
π²π± Mali The 2010sA song for freedom β A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed. A look at the brief occupation of Timbuktu by militant Islamic rebels.
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N: The Madness Of Reason
π«π· France π²π± Mali The 1980sN recounts the story of the Frenchman Raymond Borremans, who left Europe for Africa in the mid-20th-century. He devoted his life to the creation of the first encyclopaedia of this other world, dreaming of eternal recognition. He died, however, having only reached the letter N. With his encyclopaedia incomplete, his restless spirit drifts around West Africa, caught between life and death, past and present. This is the story of how he tries to complete his unfinished task from beyond death. N is both visually and musically a truly striking film. It is a multi-layered audio-visual symphony of great narrative richness. Hovering between dream and reality, this magical film plays on the confrontation between the Western mind and African spirituality.
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Hamou-Beya, Sand Fishers
π²π± MaliThe Bozo of Mali are people of the water. For generations, they have lived along the banks of the Niger river, fishing for their livelihood. But climate change and drought have brought lower water levels and fewer fish - driving young Bozo men to leave their villages in search of work. Gala is one of these men. Like many young Bozo, he has moved to the capital, Bamako, and works as a sand fisher - dredging up sand and gravel by hand from the river's banks and bottom, and using large wooden pirogues to ferry it ashore. Here, it will be loaded into trucks and used for bricks, concrete mix and tiling - all to feed the construction boom in the country's largest city.
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The Double Steps
π²π± MaliFiction inspired by the novelistic biography of the painter and writer Francois AugiΓ©ras. The artist covered with paints a military bunker in the desert, and let it sink into the sand so no one could find it until the XXI century. The search continues to feed the myth bunker ... Who is AugiΓ©ras? ΒΏLegionnaire, painter, writer, gunman, holy, thief, devil or a mixture of all?
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Running the Sahara
πͺπ¬ Egypt π±πΎ Libya π²π± Mali π²π· Mauritania π³πͺ Niger πΈπ³ SenegalThree men attempt to become the first humans to run coast to coast across the Sahara Desert β A small film crew tracks three extreme runners across the Sahara desert, capturing their incredible journey on camera, recording this landmark moment in athleticism, in humanitarianism, and in history. The "Running the Sahara" expedition is a documentary film narrated by Academy Awardβ’-winner Matt Damon and directed by Academy Awardβ’-winner James Moll. The "Running the Sahara" documentary explores the physical and emotional impact of this tremendous test of strength and determination. The film's narrative follows the runners on their quest, each step toward the finish line building in great anticipation of answering the question: Can this amazing human feat truly be possible?
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Faro: Goddess of the Waters
π²π± MaliFaro is a real goddess of a real tribe (the Bamana) in the West African country of Mali. In a landlocked country like Mali, covered in part by the Sahara Desert, water is a resource that can never be taken for granted. The Bamana village in Faro: Goddess of the Waters not only sits on a riverbank, but also depends for much of its food on fish from the river. Faro is the dominant character in this film, the unseen force for which all action takes place. (c) Ferdy on Films [Marilyn Ferdinand]
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Bamako
π²π± MaliMelΓ© is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa's woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by this novel Africa's desire to fight for its rights.
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Sahara
π²π± Mali π³πͺ Niger π³π¬ Nigeria Africa - GeneralDirk Pitt. Adventure has a new name. β Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure hunt.
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Doulaye, une saison des pluies
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Life on Earth
π²π± Mali The 1990sLa Vie Sur Terre (Life on Earth) is a 1998 Malian comedy/drama film written and directed by, and starring Abderrahmane Sissako. It is set in the village of Sokolo and depicts rural life on the eve of the 21st century. Runtime is 61 minutes.The film earned Sissako awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival, the Ouagadougou Panafrican Film and Television Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
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Guimba the Tyrant
π²π± MaliThe movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali.
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The Golden Ball
π²π± MaliThe Golden Ball is a wonderful children's film that tells of a young boy's dream of being a soccer player. Whenever a match is broadcast live in the village of Makono, Bandian and his brother keep their ears to the transistor radio, spinning a picture of the game from the announcer's commentary much as they fantasize themselves on the field. A gift of a real soccer ball, which Bandian paints gold, like a magical object involves him in a series of adventures which bring him in reach of his dream, but which also require him to make difficult choices.
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Women with Eyes Open
π§π« Burkina Faso π§π― Benin π²π± Mali πΈπ³ Senegal The 1990sPortraits of contemporary African women from four West African nations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin.
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Black Light
π²π± MaliWhen a man's best friend is shot in cold blood by two corrupt policemen, he must track down the only eyewitnesses, who have deported to Mali.
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Yeelen
π²π± Mali The 13th CenturyA young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.
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The Wind
π²π± MaliTwo Malian teenagers, Bah and Batrou, from different backgrounds, meet at secondary school. Bah is the descendent of a great tribal chieftain. Batrous father, a provincial military governor, represents the new ruling power. The two teenagers are part of a generation that rejects the established order and challenges the society in which they live.
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Work
π²π± MaliA young manager of a factory encounters a man walking along a road who says his family traditionally are servants to the manager's family. The manager offers him a job, and as he watches out for the other man's welfare, begins to see how the company mistreats its workers. The manager is challenged between his ethics and the pressure from others to protect his own interests as dire problems surface at the factory
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The Young Girl
π²π± MaliA young mute woman is raped and becomes pregnant, with disastrous consequences within her family. The film also sketches the social/economic situation in urban Mali in the 1970s, particularly in relation to the treatment of women.
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Timbuktu
π²π± Mali The 1940sThe mighty revolt that turned the Sahara red! β An American wheeler-dealer woos a colonel's wife amid danger at a French Foreign Legion fort.
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Timbuctoo
π²π± Mali'Girl's wastrel cousin and his valet go to Timbuctoo.' (British Film Catalogue)