Bamako

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martin f I didn't know much about this movie before watching it so I was no expecting it having such a strong focus on the courtroom drama. Despite taking place in Mali, Bamako takes the heavy responsibility to talk in the name of the whole African continent and against the rest of the world. The argumentation is great and well-brought, it gives you an understanding on how African countries are treated by developed nation limiting their own development. The courtroom, cleverly, takes place in a backyard which gives you a vision of the African's rustic reality. The courtroom drama is sometimes cut with Bamako daily life scenes, that somewhat are connected into a subplot about a couple but this story doesn't have any weight and it's too easy to ignore despite a mesmerizing scene with Aïssa Maïga singing. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review david l Abderrahmane Sissako's Bamako is a courtroom drama that is too limited in scope, thus it would have served better as a stage play. Still, this is a heartbreaking, thematically important movie that is commendable how honest it is about all major African problems such as government corruption and poverty, but the director most extensively criticized the horrible role of the West in the stifled development of this continent, thus making the film admirably anti-globalist in its messaging. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting arguments! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member good stuff great voice too Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Odd and at time fervent movie about social injustice in Africa instrumentalized by Western (northern!) international organizations. The film is embedded in a bizarre/surreal setting in a back courtyard with all sorts of things interfering with the proceedings of the hearing. Difficult to get into at the beginning, but it grows on you, and I do believe to have received a good dose of African life with all its ups, downs and sometimes infuriatingly frustrating circumstances. It helps if you are rudimentarily familiar with economic theory. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member La puissance du cinema africain. Vraiment très beau. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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