Bamako (2007)
Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of African society bring an action against international financial institutions. The trial takes place in Bamako, in the yard of a house, among its inhabitants.
- Date of release
- 2007-02-23
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (48)
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Abderrahmane Sissako
Casting
- Aïssa Maïga — Melé
- Tiécoura Traoré — Chaka
- Maimouna Hélène Diarra — Saramba
- Balla Habib Dembélé — Falaï
- Djénéba Koné — La soeur de Chaka
- Hamadoun Kassogué — Le journaliste
- William Bourdon — Avocat partie civile
- Aïssata Tall Sall — Avocat des parties civiles
- Mamadou Kanouté — Avocat de la défense
- Gabriel Magma Konate — La procureur
- Aminata Traoré — Témoin 2
- Danny Glover — Cow-boy
Interesting facts
Bamako is a 2006 docudrama film written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. It depicts a fictional trial in a backyard, in the outskirts of Bamako, about the role of the World Bank and the IMF in Africa's poverty. It stars Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Hélène Diarra, Habib Dembélé and Djénéba Koné.
Production
Danny Glover, one of the film's executive producers, also guest-stars as an actor in a Western film (called Death in Timbuktu) that some children are watching on the television in one scene.
Lawyers William Bourdon and Aïssata Tall Sall portrayed themselves in the film.
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