Baara
Directed bySouleymane Cissé
Written bySouleymane Cissé
Produced bySouleymane Cissé
StarringBalla Moussa Keita, Baba Niare, Bubukar Keita
CinematographyÉtienne Carton de Grammont, Abdoulaye Sidibé
Edited byAndrée Davanture
Music byLamine Konté
Running time
93 minutes
CountryMali

Baara (French: Le Travail), released internationally as Work, is a 1978 film directed by Souleymane Cissé.[1][2] It was the first ever feature film to be produced in Mali.[3] The film has been screened at multiple international film festivals, and it has won a number of awards.[4]

Synopsis

A young Malian peasant works as a baara, that is to say a baggage carrier in Bamako. He becomes acquainted with a young, progressive engineer who introduces him to a job at a factory.[5][6][7]

Cast

Awards and accolades

References

  1. ^ "Baara". trigon-film.org. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  2. ^ "Films | Africultures : Baara (Le travail)". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  3. ^ ""Baara": A Must-See Film of Patriarchal Abuse, at the New York African Film Festival". The New Yorker. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  4. ^ "" BAARA ", de Souleymane Cissé L'Afrique d'une harmonie perdue". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1984-10-20. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  5. ^ "Baara". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  6. ^ "Baara / Work | African Film Festival, Inc". Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  7. ^ "BAARA | Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival". Retrieved 2021-11-20.

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FESPACO Étalon de Yennenga winners
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