Movie Description:
An historic trial is taking place in a residential courtyard in Bamako, the capital city ofMali. African citizens have taken proceedings against suchfinancial institutions as the World Bankand the International Monetary Fund, whom they blamefor perpetuating Africa`s debt crisis. As numerous trialwitnesses (schoolteachers, farmers, writers, etc.) air bracing indictments against the global economic machinery that haunts them, life in the courtyardpresses forward. Bar singer Mele` and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up, a security guard`sgun goes missing, a young man liesill, a wedding procession passes through, and women dye fabric. This critically acclaimed political drama-filled with a lush mix of warmcolors and impassioned music-offers a unique opportunity for worldwide auduences to become familiar with contemporary Africa. Sissako, who grewup in the courtyard that the film is set in, hired professional lawyers, judges, and "witnesses" to express theirtrue feelings. BAMAKO voices Africa`sgrievances in an original and profoundlymoving way.
