Guimba, un tyran une époque
November 10, 2008Guimba, a Tyrant and His Era or Guimba the Tyrant
Call Number: VHS00335
by Cheick Oumar Sissoko; Ibrahima Toure; Idrissa Ouedraogo; Kora Films (Firm); Centre national de production cinématographique du Mali.; Direction de la production cinématographique du Burkina-Faso.; Westdeutscher Rundfunk.; California Newsreel (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: Bambara and Peul with English subtitles
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, 1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (94 mins.);
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.
OCLC #: 36446384
Added: November 10, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
