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Bamako (2006)

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Abderrahmane Sissako wrote and directed this offbeat, satiric comedy which imagines how the powers that be in the West might be forced to answer for the damage they've done in the Third World. Mele (Aissa Maiga) is an attractive Malian lounge singer married to Chaka (Tiecoura Traore), though their relationship is on the verge of collapse. In their eyes, the African continent isn't in much better shape than their marriage, and one day a makeshift courtroom appears in the courtyard near their

Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

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Cast

A�ssa Ma�ga
Melé, Mel�, Mel?
Helene Diarra
Saramba
Tiecoura Tracore
Chaka
Dj�n�ba Kon�
Chaka's Sister
Habib Demb�l�
Falaï, Fala�, Fala?
Hamadoun Kassogue
Journalist
Hameye Mahalmadane
President of the Tribun...
A�ssata Tall Sall
Prosecuting Lawyers
William Bourdon
Prosecuting Lawyers
Roland Rappaport
Defense Lawyers
Mamdou Konat�
Defense Lawyers
Mamadou Savadogo
Defense Lawyers
Mariam Ciss�
Magistarte's Assistants
Alou Diarra
Magistarte's Assistants
Oumou Berth� Diakit�
Magistarte's Assistants
Magma Gabriel Konate
Prosecutor
Youssouf Camara
Courtroom Usher
Aminata Traore
Salif Samak�
Policeman
Jean-Paul Boir�
Guard
Zegue Bamba
Witness
Aminata Dramane
Witnesses
Madou Keita
Witness
Georges Keita
Witness
Assa Badiallo Souko
Witness
Samba Diakite
Witness
Mamadou Lanssin�. Kon�
Investigating Officer
Souleymane Diagouraga
Sick Man
Pasteur Ezekiel
Pastor
Andrew Mensah
Translator
Rokia Kouyat�
Itinerant Poet
Dahirou Togo
Nurse
N'Deye Sissoko
Female Announcer
Abdoulaye Coulibaly
Glasses Vendor
Mohamed 'Papa' Sissako
Children
N'to Makadji
Children
Oumou Sako
Children
Sanata Traor�
Children
Souleymane Tounkara
Children
Abdallah Sissako
Kouyat�. Abdoulaye
Ba�ssou Berth�
Bas�kou Kon�
Be� Sissako
Keita Bina Gaoussou
Diakaridia Doumbia
Fatoumata Sissako
Fod� Tounkara
Hassane Sor�
Issa Doumbia
Issa "Djess" Sacko
Jiddou Sissako
Lamine Camara
Mamou Kimbiry
Nana Coulibaly
Ouss�ne Sor�
Ramata Sissoko
Sali Kamat�
Danny Glover
Death In Timbuktu
Elia Suleiman
Death In Timbuktu
Jean-Henri Roger
Death In Timbuktu
Zeka Laplaine
Death In Timbuktu
Ferdinand Batsimba
Death In Timbuktu
Dramane Bassaro
Death In Timbuktu
Baba Tandina
Death In Timbuktu
Hassan Ch�rif
Death In Timbuktu
Hawa Traor�
Death In Timbuktu
Hawa Mamoudou
Death In Timbuktu
Tour�
Death In Timbuktu

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