Bamako (film)

Infobox Film
name = Bamako


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director = Abderrahmane Sissako
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starring = Aïssa Maïga
Tiécoura Traoré
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distributor = New Yorker Films
released = May 21, 2006 (Cannes Film Festival)
February 14, 2007 (New York City)
runtime = 115 min.
country = Mali / United States / France
language = French / Bambara
budget = €2 million
website = http://www.bamako-film.com/index.php?en
amg_id = 1:350452
imdb_id = 0814666

"Bamako" is a 2006 film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, first released at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2006 and in Manhattan by New Yorker Films on February 14, 2007.

The movie takes place during a trial in Bamako, the capital of Mali, amid the daily life that is going on in the city. In the midst of that trial, two sides argue whether the World Bank and IMF, or perhaps corruption, are guilty of the current financial state of many poverty-stricken African countries.

Danny Glover, one of the film's executive producers, also guest-stars as an actor in a western (called "Death in Timbuktu") that some children are watching on the television in one scene.

"Bamako" was the recipient of the first Council of Europe Film Award (FACE) given at the Istanbul International Film Festival in April, 2007.

ee also

* "Life and Debt"
* "Black Gold"

External links

* [http://www.bamako-film.com/index.php?en Official site]
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* [http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/bamako "Bamako"] at Metacritic
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a2p9Gryy88 Danny Glover talks about Bamako]