Moolaade
BBBB.5
(out of 5)
A woman in a Muslim village in Africa takes in four young girls who have escaped their circumcision ceremonies and offers them spiritual protection. Her village doesn’t want her to break with age-old tradition, being reminded of the trouble she caused seven years earlier when she refused to have her own daughter “purified”, making her (according to them) unfit for marriage. The men of the village react to the threat of revolution by taking all the womens’ radios away, which they believe is what is giving their wives these inconvenient, newfangled ideas, inspiring the women to band together in revolt and challenge a so-called religious tradition that sees them being mutilated for the purposes of being more easily controlled by their husbands. This fantastic film by Ousmane Sembene offers a very rich and rewarding film experience: it is a satisfying drama, a politically necessary story and a notable cultural experience. Fatoumata Coulibaly is marvelous as the heroine in question, and Sembene’s direction is rock-solid, never flagging for a second and keeping the audience riveted until the very end.
Filmi Doomireew, Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale, Centre Cinématographique Marocain, Cinétéléfilms, Les Films Terre Africaine, Ciné-Sud Promotion, Fonds Sud Cinéma, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International
Senegal/France/Burkina Faso/Cameroon/Morocco/Tunisia, 2004
Directed by Ousmane Sembene
Screenplay by Ousmane Sembene
Cinematography by Dominique Gentil
Produced by Ousmane Sembene
Music by Boncana Maiga
Production Design by Joseph Kpobly
Film Editing by Abdellatif Raiss
Toronto International Film Festival 2004
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This entry was posted on June 6, 2013 by Bil Antoniou in 111toformat, 2004, BBBB.5, Ousmane Sembene and tagged Abdellatif Raiss, Alimatou Traoré, Aly Sanon, Aminata Dao, Assita Soura, Bakaramoto Sanogo, Balla Habib Dembélé, Boncana Maiga, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Centre Cinématographique Marocain, Centre National De La Cinematographie, Cheick Oumar Maiga, Ciné-Sud Promotion, Cinétéléfilms, Direction de la Cinematographie Nationale, Dominique Gentil, Dominique Zeïda, Edith Nana Kaboré, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Fatoumata Konaté, Fatoumata Sanogo, Fatoumata Sanou, Filmi Domireew, Filmi Doomireew, Fonds Sud Cinéma, France, Georgette Paré, Gustave Sorgho, Joseph Kpobly, Joseph Traoré, Lala Drabo, Les Films Terre Africaine, Mabintou Baro, Madjara Konaté, Mafirma Sanogo, Mah Compaoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Maminata Sanogo, Mamissa Sanogo, Mariama Souabo, Marie Yameogo, Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et du Developpement International, Modibo Sangaré, Morocco, Moussa Sanogo, Naky Sy Savane, Ousmane Konaté, Ousmane Sembene, Rasmane Ouedraogo, Salimata Traoré, Sanata Sanogo, Senegal, Sory Ibrahima Koïta, Stéphanie Nikiema, Tata Konaté, Théophile Sowié, TIFF 2004, Tunisia.Shortlink
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