Moolaadé

The Resource Moolaadé
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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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  • 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)
Runtime
124
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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