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 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 Audience Member A case for the injustices against Africa by the western world told in the form of a court case. With minor incerpts of a stolen gun and a female singer which doesnt quite gel with all the political content, of which is well laid out and persuasive in its form of argument. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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