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Guimba [videorecording] : un tyran, une époque = a tyrant in his time /

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: K387 | KinoLanguage: Bambara Summary language: English Series: New African cinema | The library of African cinemaPublication details: New York : Kino on Video, c2004.Description: 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:

Title on container: Guimba, the tyrant
Guimba, a tyrant in his time

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DDC classification:

791.4372

LOC classification:

PN1997 .G842 2004

Production credits:

Photography, Lionel Cousin; editors, Kahena Attia, Joëlle Dufour; music, Pierre Sauvageot, Michel Risse.

Cast: Falaba Issa Traore, Bala Moussa Keita, Habib Dembele, Lamine Diallo, Hélène Diarra, Mouneïssa Maiga, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Cheick Oumar Maiga.Summary: A tyrant throws his city into conflict and chaos when he allows his randy, dwarf son to reject an arranged marriage to the slim local beauty in order for him to pursue the girl's larger, married mother. The tyrant then sets his own eyes on the girl, making the situation even worse. An epic set in the legendary past of Mali (West Africa) to provide a biting allegory of present-day African politics. Through the story of the downfall of Guimba the tyrant, the filmmaker foretells a similar fate for the many dictators who still pillage the continent. He frames his film with the appearance of a griot, a traditional African storyteller who passes down the "wisdom of the ancestors," looking to the values and legends of the African past for inspiration and guidance in reconstructing well-governed, self-sufficient nations.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 1263 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050124094

"En coproduction avec La Centre National de Production Cinématographique du Mali, La Direccion de la Production Cinématographique du Berkino-Faso, La WDR Cologne."

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Guimba [videorecording] : un tyran, une époque = a tyrant in his time /