A Dance for Heroes (1989)

Finzan

Two women rebel against the traditions of a village society.

Date of release
1989-11-01
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Drama
Director
Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Casting

Interesting facts

Finzan / A Dance for Heroes is a 1989 Malian film, the second feature film directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko. The Malian film critic Manthia Diawara welcomed the film, which deals with arranged marriage and female genital mutilation, as "an impassioned cry for the emancipation of African women [...] one of the boldest examples of socially engaged filmmaking to come out of Africa in recent years".

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