Just to put in two shameless plugs Try to catch the print of YEELEN as it is NEW Also YEELEN & GENESIS will by out on DVD along with HYENAS at the end of the year ( we actually have YEELEN now but it is for institutional sales only) -- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 [log in to unmask] > From: Michael Mason <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:36:26 -0400 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Malian Cinema at the Smithsonian Institution > > Malian Cinema on the Mall > Open Free to the Public > Baird Auditorium Ground Floor, National Museum of Natural History > > Screening times: 1 pm > > Acclaimed feature-length films, two documentaries, and one animation from > Mali, shown in conjunction with the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. > Malian cinema is known for its rich storytelling and imagery. > > JUNE > Th 26 Guimba, un Tyran un Epoque (Guimba the Tyrant). (1995, 93 min. In > Bambara and Peul/Eng. subtitles.) Winner of the most prestigious award of > African cinema, the 1995 Yennenga Stallion, this film is a meditation on > tyranny and demonstrates indeed that absolute power corrupts absolutely. > Guimba=s tyranny knows no boundaries. His excesses, however, bring about his > inevitable downfall. Director: Cheick Oumar Sissoko. > > Fri 27 Kabala. (2002, 76 min. In Bambara and French/Eng. subtitles.) The > well in this small town of the Mandé is drying up; but the elders will not > accept human intervention, fearing that it would desecrate the well. > However, when Hamala returns to Kabala after four years of absence, things > are bound to change. Director: Assane Kouyaté > > Su 29 Bamako Sigi Kan (The Pact of Bamako). (2002, 76 min. In Bambara, > French, and Eng.) In this documentary, Manthia Diawara returns to Bamako > from New York City where he lives and captures the concerns and aspirations > of Malians at the beginning of the 21st century. These include conflicting > views about globalization and the desire of Malian youth for uncensored > self-expression through hip hop and sabar. (local dance form). Director: > Manthia Diawara, in person. > > JULY > We 2 Passé vivant (Living Memory). (2003, 53 min. In Bambara and > French/Eng. subtitles.) This first installment of a six-part documentary > film series is arguably one of the most comprehensive looks at Malian art > and culture on film. It explores issues of photography, music, architecture, > ritual arts, and the complexities of cultural display. In person: Susan > Vogel (writer/director) and Samuel Sidibé (producer/writer). > > L=enfant terrible (The Mischievous Child). (Animation, 1993, 12 min.) This > is the story of a child who talks, eats and walks on the day of his birth. A > few days later, he goes looking for his brother, finds him, and they journey > together. What follows is the adventure of a little, ungrateful boy who > drags his brother into his wrongdoing. A film by Kadiatou Konaté. (For six > years and older) > > Th 3 Faraw, mère des sables (Faraw, Mother of the Dunes). (1997, 90 min. In > Songhoi/Eng. subtitles.) This is a story of a woman=s self-determination in > the face of tremendous obstacles. Zamiatou is the mother of two boys and a > teenage girl and the wife of a tortured former political prisoner. Refusing > to let her daughter resort to prostitution to provide for the family, she > takes her family=s destiny in her own hands and walks miles in the desert in > search of daily bread * Director: Abdoulaye Ascofaré. > > Fri 4 La Genèse (Genesis). (1999, 102 min. In Bambara/Eng. Subtitles.) La > Genèse is director Sissoko=s adaptation of chapters 24, 25, 34 and 37 of the > Book of Genesis. Using non-linear storytelling techniques and gorgeous > Malian settings and costumes, this film is an allegorical meditation on > fratricidal war -- anywhere in the world. Director: Cheick Oumar Sissoko. > > Sa 5 Taafe Fanga (Skirt Power). (1997, 95 min. In Kaado and Bambara/Eng. > subtitles.) Set in the Dogon country in the 18th century, this film adapts a > Dogon myth in which women take power from men and invert gender roles. Men > cook, take care of babies and wear skirts, while women enjoy smoking, > wearing trousers and making decisions. The war of the sexes is declared. Who > will win? Director: Adama Drabo. > > Su 6 Yeelen. (1987, 105 min. In Bambara/Eng. Subtitles.) When Souleymane > Cissé released Yeelen in 1987, it became an instant classic of world cinema. > Nianankoro (Issiaka Kane), a young man, acquires the secret knowledge of > Komo; but he is pursued by his father Soma (Niamanto Sanogo) who wants him > dead because he cannot stand his son being his equal. The final > confrontation between father and son is a piece of cinema history. Director: > Souleymane Cissé > > Presented in conjunction with the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. > Sponsored by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the > National Museum of Natural History=s Office of Education and African Voices > Program, with support from the United States Department of State. > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]