Original Title: Bamunan, Le pagne sacré
Mali, 1990
color 103'
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Daily life scenes in a rural village of Mali. Language: Bambara Cast Director: Falaba Issa Traoré Production Company: Falaba's Films |
Awards Prize for Best Actress: Marietou Kouyaté FESPACO, 1991 |
Versions: Subtitled in English and French Availability: Please contact TRIGON FILM - Walter Ruggle [info@trigon-film.org] - www.trigon-film.org |
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Falaba Issa Traoré (1930-2003, Mali) Born at Bougouni, Traoré began with theater as manager of the regional theater group of Bamako. In 1973 he went to Germany where he studied film direction. When he return to Mali in 1976, he took charge of the cinema division at the Ministry of Sports, Arts and Culture. As an actor Traoré performed remarkably in roles as in “A Banna”, by Kalifa Dienta, “Nidiougou Guimba”, by Cheick Oumar Sissoko and “Le Pacte Social”, “Sanoudié” and “N’Tronkélé”, by Boubacar Sidibé. He directed his first film, “Juguifolo”, in 1979. And his last one, “Bamunan” (“Le Pagne Scré”), in 1990. Falaba Issa Traoré is also the author of the two following operas: “Soundiata, or the Mandinga Epopee” and “Dah Monzon, or the Bambara Epopee”. In 1972 he won the African Prize for Poetry in French. Filmography Bamunan (The Sacred Pagne), 1990 Anbé no don (We Are All Guilty), 1980 Kiri Kara Watita (Duel on the Cliffs), 1980 Juguifolo (First Gleam of Hope), 1979 |
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