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Genesis

Name: Genesis
Released: 1999

La genèse

1999

Inspired by the Book of Genesis, this drama stages the bitter feud between the clans of the herder Jacob and the hunter Esau, and the cycle of vengeance and reconciliation that binds them. A stark, ceremonial African epic.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Mali

This film is stop 6 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.