Some beautiful scenery is fixed on the drawing paper, and some places are hidden in the text. Mali, located on the pristine and mysterious African continent, is worth remembering with images for its magnificent natural scenery, rich customs and splendid history and culture. What films have told Mali’s story, and what does Mali look like on screen? Get your popcorn ready and watch a movie.

Den Mousseau (1975)

A young woman is raped and becomes pregnant, which directly brings disastrous consequences to her family. At the same time, the film also becomes a sketch of the socio-economic conditions in Mali in the 1970s, especially its treatment of women's issues, which is extremely shocking.

Bala (1978)

This film is about the life of an African man, but also about anyone who works in a company and wants to remain genuine. A young manager gave a man a job because his family was working at his house. When men start working and caring about the welfare of others, they start to see how companies mistreat workers. Under the dual pressure of their own ethics and challenges from others, managers strive to safeguard their own interests. When a man decides to leave, he discovers the terrible violence of his fate.

Finney (1982)

The daughter of a provincial military chief fell in love with a college classmate, and the boy's family was a branch of the former Malian government chief. Both families opposed the marriage, and the lovers became increasingly involved in the student movement against the corrupt government. Politics, love and society unfold in this story with both ancient and modern value.

Yellen (1987)

This movie tells the story of a person's experience from childhood to adulthood. Although the young protagonist has only experienced a short life, he longs to gain the mysterious power to overcome difficulties and manage dangerous roads in his inheritance passed down from generation to generation. But his father didn't want to show his face and wanted to kill him. The mother rescued her son and sent him to a far away place. After a difficult journey, the young man begins to experience the important experience and power of defeating his father.

Finzan (1989)

The film, directed by Malian director Check e Umar SISO Uk, confronts Mali's patriarchal traditions, including the controversial issue of female circumcision.

As soon as Nanyuma became a widow and freed from the cruel treatment of her late husband, the village chief ordered her to marry a brother who was as deformed as her husband. She left the village and hid with her niece Fili, but was eventually forced to return. While her rebellion against the rigid traditions of her culture gave her people a greater sense of freedom and social independence, Nan Yuma realized that her only chance at freedom was to leave her community.

The film's satire mimics Malian theatrical traditions.

Wati (1995)

This film has been screened twice on the French arte channel and is the most impressive film ever made by one of the greatest directors in the French speaking world One of the movies.

The story begins with the apartheid system in South Africa. A young girl's father is killed in a violent conflict with a local white landlord. She fled South Africa and settled in Abidjan. Ten years later, she became a college student. In order to study, she visited the Taolegg tribe on the edge of the Sahara Desert, and finally returned to post-apartheid South Africa.

This is an ambitious film that attempts to deal with some of the cultures and countries of contemporary Africa. Each country has its own history, language, politics and social conflicts. The highlight of the film are the wonderful performances of the two actresses, one as a girl and one as an adult. While describing the growth process of a young woman, it also opens up a huge picture of the African continent for us.

"Life on Earth" (1998)

This film is about what the 21st century means to those who were still struggling in the 20th century.

On the eve of the 21st century, Sissako, an African director in France, returned to the small village of Sokolo in Mali to visit his father, where he met Na, a young girl who also went home to visit relatives. Nana. So I started thinking about the never-ending entanglement between Africa and Europe.

Sissaco and his father listen to the millennium celebrations in Paris on the radio, perhaps the only trace of modern society in the village. He tried to contact France through the small post office, but found that the daily life of the local residents had not changed much. As the world celebrated the year 2000, each of them continued at their own pace, the beginning of a new millennium meaning nothing to them.

Lagunsee (1999)

This film was inspired by Genesis. The story tells the story of the power struggle between two families: one is a shepherd family headed by Jacob, and the other is a hunter family headed by his brother Esau. Caught in the crossfire is their cousin Hammer and his tribe of peasants.

Kabbalah (2002)

Hamara was expelled from her village in Mali because of ancient prejudices. Four years later, he returned to his hometown and became proficient in modern science and technology. At this time, the future of the village hangs on the edge as the ancestral sacred well, a symbol of the entire community's spirituality, is contaminated. Faced with the epidemic, Hamala must convince villagers to purify their water.

Bamako (2006)

Melle is a bar singer. Her husband Chaka is unemployed and their relationship is in jeopardy.

A court was set up in the yard they shared with other families, and several African community representatives filed a lawsuit against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (FMI). They believe these people are responsible for the tragedy that has caused so much harm to Africa. Amid the defense and testimony, life in the yard went on.

Chaka seems indifferent to Africans' desire to reassert their power.

Ye Min (2009)

This is the story of a middle-class couple in Bamako. The pressure of family life makes Mimi want to leave Isa. She was tired of polygamy and bland marriages. She has a lover. How will this intricate triangular relationship develop? This makes life more complicated.

The Lost Library of Timbuktu (2009)

In this 2009 documentary, Aminata Funa tells the story of the legendary Timbuktu and its hidden The story of hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts. The University of Timbuktu was founded almost simultaneously with the University of Oxford, proving that reading and writing had long been equally important to Africans and Europeans.

Last Song Before the War (2012)

This 2012 documentary looks at the world's most remote music festival, the Desert Music Festival, and the Malians' struggle to achieve it story.

Timbuktu (2014)

Timbuktu in Mali, controlled by religious extremists, has been persecuted by jihadists all day long, and half of the country has been occupied by the invaders. Women bear the brunt. By telling the story of Kidanai, Fatima, their daughters Toya and Isan, and their small farm, director Abedramana Sisako reveals the horrors of a region that is ignored by the media and the world at large. doctrine and exposed the reality by witnessing the silent resistance of the men and women of the Sahel region that was dear to his heart.

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