Delwende

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Delwende

2005

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Jonathan Curiel

San Francisco Chronicle

Oct 31, 2008

4/4

This West African drama looks at a single village in the throes of change -- change that reveals people's cruelty, their fixation on being right, and the clash between modernity and traditional beliefs.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Oct 8, 2008

4/5

In Delwende the African filmmaker S. Pierre Yameogo tackles social injustice in present-day Burkina Faso with grace, economy and exquisitely controlled anger.

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John P. McCarthy

Boxoffice Magazine

Oct 10, 2008

4/5

Yameogo is able to convey his pointed social message with a subtle yet steady rhythm derived from the physicality of his mainly nonprofessional actors.

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Oct 17, 2008

Nothing quite like a sweeping meningitis epidemic to stir up local village suspicions!

Nov 4, 2007

When an African filmmaker makes a sincere and political film on what women are gong through because of traditional customs and gender inequality, there is nothing to do but embrace it.

Oct 4, 2007

Compelling story of fanaticism and sex gender discrimination though a modern day witch hunt in the small villages of Burkina Faso, Africa.

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S. Pierre Yameogo

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Blandine Yaméogo

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Célestin Zongo

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Claire Ilboudo

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Daniel Kabore

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Director: S. Pierre Yameogo

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