À Bamako, les femmes sont belles...

Christiane Succab-Goldman | 1995 | France | 65 minutes | Betacam SP

They are graceful indeed. A strength emanates from them wherever they come from and whatever background. They look languid but is their way to hide their dynamism. They are a mixture of modernity, tradition and humour.
Seydou Keita, the photographer, has fixed their image on films since 1945. His pictures punctuate every sequence of the film in which they reveal a little of themselves.
The story also has marked their memory : the independence, the relations with the Eastern socialist countries, the bloody events of 1991 when they had to fight armed soldiers to overthrow a dictator and discover democracy.

Topic :  Woman | Mali

Director : Christiane Succab-Goldman
Production : Iskra | La Sept ARTE | ORTM (Mali) (Office de Radio Télévision du Mali)
Participation : Procirep | CNC | Ministère de la Culture et de la Francophonie | Ministère de la Coopération et du Développement
Holder(s) or agent(s) of the rights : 10 Francs | Images de la culture (CNC) | BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). Département de l'Audiovisuel | ADAV | Institut français. Département Cinéma (Cinémathèque Afrique)

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Images en bibliothèques - 1996 - Paris (France) - Film soutenu par la Commission nationale de sélection des médiathèques