Bamako, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, is an exploration of Africa’s social, economic and human crises. Set in a courtyard in a poor section of Bamako, Mali’s capital, the film takes the form of a ...

Foreign filmmakers with advanced sensibilities are sometimes accused of making “festival films.” Esoteric in content and/or experimental in form, these movies are conceived, so it is said, not for the ...

Washington, DC — Bamako, a film set in that city, is a complex and ingenious production dealing with Africa's relationship with the West. The film is the creation of Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane ...

A trial is set up in a makeshift court within the courtyard of some Malian residences against the IMF and World Bank and its alleged exploitation of Africa. Meanwhile life continues around it, with ...