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A vibrant, powerful, and poignant glimpse into the struggles of women in modern Africa.
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This masterwork by Ousmane Sembene, the 81-year-old father of African cinema and one of Senegal's greatest novelists, is the second film in a trilogy celebrating African women. October 22, 2007 | Full Review…
This masterwork by Ousmane Sembene, the 81-year-old father of African cinema and one of Senegal's greatest novelists, is the second film in a trilogy celebrating African women.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Ousmane, who wrote and directs, gives strong flavors to his characterization of village life and its peoples. But as drama the film mostly serves to illustrate the two sides of this crucial social debate in Africa. October 30, 2006
Ousmane, who wrote and directs, gives strong flavors to his characterization of village life and its peoples. But as drama the film mostly serves to illustrate the two sides of this crucial social debate in Africa.
Kirk Honeycutt
This is an impassioned and uplifting film. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
This is an impassioned and uplifting film.
Though Moolaadé doesn't shy away from the task of educating its viewers about the brutality of 'purification,' it works equally well as a tribute to righteous defiance wherever it surfaces. September 26, 2005
Though Moolaadé doesn't shy away from the task of educating its viewers about the brutality of 'purification,' it works equally well as a tribute to righteous defiance wherever it surfaces.
Keith Phipps
It's certainly clear where the director stands on the issue, but underneath is a far richer film about the complex issues of globalization and the values of tradition. July 21, 2005 | Rating: 4/5
It's certainly clear where the director stands on the issue, but underneath is a far richer film about the complex issues of globalization and the values of tradition.
Richard Nilsen
Sembene provides not only a fascinating glimpse into the culture of tropical Africa, but also a powerful account of the social turmoil which bubbles beneath the surface. May 31, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Sembene provides not only a fascinating glimpse into the culture of tropical Africa, but also a powerful account of the social turmoil which bubbles beneath the surface.
Jamie Woolley
Mooladé is a masterful work, which eloquently conveys the central conflict between tradition and modernity in our global economy. April 26, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Mooladé is a masterful work, which eloquently conveys the central conflict between tradition and modernity in our global economy.
Tom Dawson
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Emanuel Levy
Thrilling and alive and far more entertaining and exciting and easy to watch than just about any message movie you have ever seen... a cinematic triumph of the highest order. February 15, 2010 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…
Thrilling and alive and far more entertaining and exciting and easy to watch than just about any message movie you have ever seen... a cinematic triumph of the highest order.
Tim Brayton
The eightysomething Sembene delivers a powerfully acted and colourfully shot polemic. A perceptive observation of daily life in an African village that celebrates female bravery and solidarity. October 22, 2007 | Full Review…
The eightysomething Sembene delivers a powerfully acted and colourfully shot polemic. A perceptive observation of daily life in an African village that celebrates female bravery and solidarity.
Poetic, provocative and unstoppably powerful. But, depressingly, it probably won't change a thing. April 1, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Poetic, provocative and unstoppably powerful. But, depressingly, it probably won't change a thing.
David Parkinson
Every character is a symbol for Sembene to realize his humanistic visions in a folklore type of cinema. March 6, 2006 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Every character is a symbol for Sembene to realize his humanistic visions in a folklore type of cinema.
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