Finzan: A Dance for the Heroes
October 30, 2008Finzan: A Dance for the Heroes
Call Number: VHS00082
by Cheick Oumar Sissoko; Kora Films (Firm); Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.; Centre national de production cinématographique du Mali.; California Newsreel (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: Bambara and French with English subtitles
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel [distributor], ©1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1989 (107 mins.);
Summary: Tells the story of two women’s rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow, refuses her brother-in-law, the village fool, when he asserts his traditional right to “inherit” her. Fili, a young girl sent from the city by her conservative father, is brutally circumcised by the village women who are scandalized that she resists the age-old custom.
OCLC #: 24261948
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
