To those familiar with Soulemayne Cisse's film YEELEN (BRIGHTNESS/LA LUMIERE), there are several scenes that show a statue of a man seated in the midst of a sacred grove. To my uneducated eyes, the statue strikes me as being unusual: it is carved of stone, is life-sized or larger, and is fairly representational (not abstract or highly stylized) in form. I have some suppositions about the function of the statue within the context of the film, but I wondered if anyone had further information about this statue or others like it. (The film centers con a Bambara character from Mali, if that's any help.) Thanks in advance. Don Larsson ---------------------- Donald Larsson Minnesota State U, Mankato [log in to unmask] ---- 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]