Bamako, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, is an exploration of Africa’s social, economic and human crises. Set in a courtyard in a poor section of Bamako, Mali’s capital, the film takes the form of a ...

Foreign filmmakers with advanced sensibilities are sometimes accused of making “festival films.” Esoteric in content and/or experimental in form, these movies are conceived, so it is said, not for the ...

The city of Bamako hosted the premiere of ‘Reparations: The Colonial Debt’, a new documentary directed by Senegalese filmmaker Ibrahima Sow on Saturday, August 16, 2025. The film, which explores ...

The Bamako Express takes more than 36 hours to connect Dakar to Bamako, about 1200 kilometers. During this crossing from West to East, multiple images of the African continent, legendary places, great ...

Washington, DC — Bamako, a film set in that city, is a complex and ingenious production dealing with Africa's relationship with the West. The film is the creation of Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane ...

A trial is set up in a makeshift court within the courtyard of some Malian residences against the IMF and World Bank and its alleged exploitation of Africa. Meanwhile life continues around it, with ...

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb…Daesh…Boko Haram.** So many extremist movements, of which Africa has become a breeding ground, have declared war against Western ...

Robert Guédiguian’s jaunty new film places a young romance against the backdrop of post-colonial Mali in the early 1960s. By A.O. Scott When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...