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Wùlu

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Malian-French director Daouda Coulibaly’s auspicious debut is a pulse-pounding political thriller. Wùlu tells the unsettling tale of a man’s rise from the bottom rung of the social ladder to the heights of criminal power.

Bamako

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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.

Moolaadé

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

Sia, le rêve du python

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Kaya Maghan, the despotic king of Wagadou, follows the instructions of his priest by ordering the religious sacrifice to the Python God of Sia Yatabaree, the virgin daughter of a notable family. A gift of gold equivalent to Sias weight is given to her family as compensation for surrendering their daughter for the sacrifice. However, Sia runs away and finds shelter in the home of a mad prophet who has railed against the king. The king orders his top general to locate Sia, but the general is conflicted since Sia was engaged to marry his nephew, Mamadi, who is in battle on behalf of the kingdom. Mamadi returns and joins his uncle to do battle against the Python God. – Wikipedia, accessed 31 July 2021

La Genèse

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Inspired by the book of Genesis, this film tells the power struggle between two families: a clan of herders led by Jacob and another clan of hunters fronted by his brother Esau. Caught in the crossfire is their cousin, Hamor and his tribe of farmers.

Guimba, un tyran une époque

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali.

Macadam tribu

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Four friends roam the streets, bars and boxing clubs in a bubbling and bewitching big African town.