Baara

1978 Malian film
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
93 minutesCountryMali

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

  • Ismaïla Saar
  • Niare Baba
  • Keita Boubacar
  • Balla Moussa Keita
  • Oumou Diarra

Awards and accolades

  • Étalon de Yennenga (FESPACO, Ouagadougou)
  • Golden Montgolfiere (Three Continents Festival, Nantes)
  • Jury Prize (Locarno Festival of Film, Locarno)

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.

External links

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1972–2000
  • Le Wazzou polygame (1972)
  • Les Mille et une mains (1973)
  • Muna Moto (1976)
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  • Djeli (film) (1981)
  • Finyè (1983)
  • Histoire d'une rencontre (1985)
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  • Au nom du Christ (1993)
  • Guimba the Tyrant (1995)
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  • Pièces d'identités (1999)
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