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Bamako

Name: Bamako
Released: 2006

2006

In a Bamako courtyard, African civil society stages a symbolic trial of the World Bank and IMF, indicting the debt and austerity strangling the continent, while ordinary life goes on around the proceedings. Abderrahmane Sissako's bold political fable.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Mali

This film is stop 4 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Mali. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Mali in the 196 country film challenge.