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Finzan / California Newsreel presents ; une co-production, Kora Films, ZDF, CNPC ; scénario et réalisation, Cheick Oumar Sissoku ; régie, Mamadou Sidibé, Tiéba Kané

Published
San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1990.
Physical Description
1 online resource (112 minutes)
Additional Creators
Sissoko, Cheick Oumar, Kora Films (Firm), and California Newsreel (Firm)
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Language Note
In Bambara with English subtitles.
Summary
In Finzan, Cheick Oumar Sissoko has skillfully crafted a film which raises one of the most important issues of African rural life, the status of women, in a style accessible to every villager. Finzan tells the story of two women's rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow defies her brother-in-law, the village fool, when he asserts his traditional right to "inherit" her. Fili, a young woman sent from the city by her conservative father, is brutally "circumcised" by village women, scandalized by her refusal to submit to this ancient ritual. Sissoko weaves these two stories together into a painfully realistic picture of village society, tragically unable to free itself from the past.
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Duration
["01:52:07"]
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Note
Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).
Participant/Performer Note
Diarrah Sonogo Koti, Oumar Namory Keïta, Saïdou Touré.
Awards
Won 1989 Nantes Three Continents Festival, Cheick Oumar Sissoko Tied with A Ay (1988)
Nominated 1989 Nantes Three Continents Festival, Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Nominated 1990 Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Best Feature Film Cheick Oumar Sissoko
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