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Keita

Released Apr 12, 1996 1h 34m Drama List
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In Burkina Faso, an elderly griot, or storyteller, named Djeliba Kouyate (Sotigui Kouyaté) appears before young Mabo Keita (Hamed Dicko) and begins telling him the origin of his name and its importance in the history of his country. Mabo is instantly fascinated and spends more and more time with the griot, neglecting his schoolwork and upsetting his mother, who insists he concentrate on his European education. The film alternates between modern scenes and dramatizations of a 13th-century epic.
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Synopsis In Burkina Faso, an elderly griot, or storyteller, named Djeliba Kouyate (Sotigui Kouyaté) appears before young Mabo Keita (Hamed Dicko) and begins telling him the origin of his name and its importance in the history of his country. Mabo is instantly fascinated and spends more and more time with the griot, neglecting his schoolwork and upsetting his mother, who insists he concentrate on his European education. The film alternates between modern scenes and dramatizations of a 13th-century epic.
Director
Dani Kouyaté
Producer
S. Pierre Yameogo
Screenwriter
Dani Kouyaté
Distributor
California Newsreel
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 12, 1996, Original
Runtime
1h 34m
Sound Mix
Stereo