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The Resource Moolaadé, Filmi Doomireew Sénégal présente ; co-production Direction de la Cinématographie Nationale (Burkina Faso), Centre Cinématographique Marocain (C.C.M.), Cinetelefilms (Tunisie), Les Films de la Terre Africaine (Cameroun) ; scénario et réalisation, Sembene Ousmane

Moolaadé, Filmi Doomireew Sénégal présente ; co-production Direction de la Cinématographie Nationale (Burkina Faso), Centre Cinématographique Marocain (C.C.M.), Cinetelefilms (Tunisie), Les Films de la Terre Africaine (Cameroun) ; scénario et réalisation, Sembene Ousmane

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Summary
In the village of Djerisso, women tend to their work and children, while men debate in the mosque and make the rules. One day, four little girls appear on Collé's doorstep seeking sanctuary from their coming 'purification' ceremony. Years ago, Collé refused to allow her daughter to undergo the procedure. She takes them in and declares a moolaadé, a protective spirit, or safe zone that will bring a terrible curse upon anyone who breaks it. Thus begins a standoff that escalates into a bloody showdown between tradition and modernization, men and women, and progress and stagnation. Confronting the village elders and red-robed priestesses who perform the ritual, Collé has eyes saddened by experience, but made righteously fiery with the hope that she can reduce the misery of future generations. At 81, Mr. Sembene has made a masterpiece, both a critique of traditional forms of authority and a celebration of the warmth and dynamism of African village life
Language
  • dyu
  • fre
  • eng
  • dyu
  • fre
  • dyu
Work
Publication
Edition
Deluxe two disc set ed..
Extent
2 videodiscs (124 min.)
Note
Special features: Making of featurette -- Premiere footage -- Sembene interview -- Actress interviews -- About female genital mutilation -- DVD credits
Contents
  • Disc 1. Moolaade
  • Disc 2. Special features
Isbn
9781567304701
Instance
Label
Moolaadé
Title
Moolaadé
Statement of responsibility
Filmi Doomireew Sénégal présente ; co-production Direction de la Cinématographie Nationale (Burkina Faso), Centre Cinématographique Marocain (C.C.M.), Cinetelefilms (Tunisie), Les Films de la Terre Africaine (Cameroun) ; scénario et réalisation, Sembene Ousmane
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Actor
Composer
Director
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Presenter
Producer
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • dyu
  • fre
  • eng
  • dyu
  • fre
  • dyu
Summary
In the village of Djerisso, women tend to their work and children, while men debate in the mosque and make the rules. One day, four little girls appear on Collé's doorstep seeking sanctuary from their coming 'purification' ceremony. Years ago, Collé refused to allow her daughter to undergo the procedure. She takes them in and declares a moolaadé, a protective spirit, or safe zone that will bring a terrible curse upon anyone who breaks it. Thus begins a standoff that escalates into a bloody showdown between tradition and modernization, men and women, and progress and stagnation. Confronting the village elders and red-robed priestesses who perform the ritual, Collé has eyes saddened by experience, but made righteously fiery with the hope that she can reduce the misery of future generations. At 81, Mr. Sembene has made a masterpiece, both a critique of traditional forms of authority and a celebration of the warmth and dynamism of African village life
Awards note
Winner, 2004 Cannes Film Festival of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Special Mention--Ousmane Sembene; "Un Certain Regard" Award--Ousmane Sembene; Winner, 2005 National Society of Film Critics NSFC Award--Best Foreign Language Film.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, Dominique Gentil ; editor, Abdellatif Raïss ; production designer, Joseph Kpobly ; costumes, Sidi Aamadou Ouedraogo ; music, Boncana Maïga
Date time place
Originally produced as a Senegalese motion picture in 2004
Language note
In Jula (Dyula) and French with optional subtitles in English
PerformerNote
Fatoumata Coulibaly (Colle Ardo Gallo Sy), Maïmouna Hélène Diarra (Hadjatou), Salimata Traoré (Amsatou), Aminata Dao (Alima BA), Dominique T. Zeïda (Mercenaire), Mah Compaoré (L'exciseuse)
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1923-2007
  • 1954-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Sembène, Ousmane
  • Coulibaly, Fatoumata
  • Diarra, Hélène
  • Traoré, Salimata
  • Dao, Aminata
  • Zeïda, Dominique T.
  • Compaoré, Mah
  • Gentil, Dominique
  • Raïss, Abdellatif
  • Maiga, Boncana
  • Sentilhes, D.
  • Josse, B.
  • Gadjigo, Samba
  • Hartford, Hugh
  • Hartford, Anson
  • New Yorker Films
  • Films Domirev (Firm)
  • Burkina Faso
  • Centre cinématographique marocain
  • Cinétéléfilms (Firm)
  • Films Terre Africaine
  • Médiathèque des trois mondes
  • Banyak Films
  • New Yorker Video (Firm)
Runtime
124
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  • Female circumcision
  • Asylum, Right of
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Marriage customs and rites
  • Female circumcision
  • Women
  • Girls
  • Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Asylum, Right of
  • Female circumcision
  • Girls
  • Marriage customs and rites
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Women
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Mother-daughter relationship
  • Asylum
  • Africa
  • Mother-daughter relationship
  • Asylum
  • Africa
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Moolaadé, Filmi Doomireew Sénégal présente ; co-production Direction de la Cinématographie Nationale (Burkina Faso), Centre Cinématographique Marocain (C.C.M.), Cinetelefilms (Tunisie), Les Films de la Terre Africaine (Cameroun) ; scénario et réalisation, Sembene Ousmane
Instantiates
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
Special features: Making of featurette -- Premiere footage -- Sembene interview -- Actress interviews -- About female genital mutilation -- DVD credits
Accompanying material
1 booklet ([14] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Bibliography note
Booklet contains filmography and bibliography
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc 1. Moolaade -- Disc 2. Special features
Control code
173667786
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Deluxe two disc set ed..
Extent
2 videodiscs (124 min.)
Governing access note
Educational and home use only
Isbn
9781567304701
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 717119952747
  • 00717119952747
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
NYD 95207
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)173667786
System details
DVD; widescreen presentation preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for 16:9 televisions, letterbox available for 4:3 televisions
Terms governing use
Home use - Inquire for classroom rights.
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Moolaadé, Filmi Doomireew Sénégal présente ; co-production Direction de la Cinématographie Nationale (Burkina Faso), Centre Cinématographique Marocain (C.C.M.), Cinetelefilms (Tunisie), Les Films de la Terre Africaine (Cameroun) ; scénario et réalisation, Sembene Ousmane
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
Special features: Making of featurette -- Premiere footage -- Sembene interview -- Actress interviews -- About female genital mutilation -- DVD credits
Accompanying material
1 booklet ([14] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Bibliography note
Booklet contains filmography and bibliography
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc 1. Moolaade -- Disc 2. Special features
Control code
173667786
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Deluxe two disc set ed..
Extent
2 videodiscs (124 min.)
Governing access note
Educational and home use only
Isbn
9781567304701
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
  • 717119952747
  • 00717119952747
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
NYD 95207
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)173667786
System details
DVD; widescreen presentation preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for 16:9 televisions, letterbox available for 4:3 televisions
Terms governing use
Home use - Inquire for classroom rights.
Video recording format
DVD

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