Finzan [videorecording] / une co-production, Kora Films, ZDF, CNPC ; scénario et réalisation, Cheick Oumar Sissoku

Additional Titles:: Subtitle on disc: A Dance for the heroes
Published:: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel [distributor], [2008?]
Physical Description:: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators:: Sissoko, Cheick Oumar, Kora Films (Firm), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Centre national de production cinématographique du Mali, and California Newsreel (Firm)

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Language Note:

In Bambara and French with English subtitles.

Summary:

Tells the story of two women's rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow, refuses her brother-in-law, the village fool, when he asserts his traditional right to "inherit" her. Fili, a young girl sent from the city by her conservative father, is brutally circumcised by the village women who are scandalized that she resists the age-old custom.

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Note:

Originally released in 1990.
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Originally produced in Mali as motion picture.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Picture, Cheik Hamalla Keïta; camera, Mamadou Famakan Coulibaly, Mohamed Lamine Touré; editor, Ouoba Motandi.

Participant/Performer Note:

Diarrah Sonogo Koti, Oumar Namory Keïta, Saïdou Touré.

Technical Details:

DVD-R.

Terms of Use and Reproduction:

Includes public performance rights.

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