Ta Dona

November 12, 2008
Fire!
Call Number: VHS00347
by Adama Drabo; Mamadou Kaba; Fily Traore; Djeneba Diawara; Balla Moussa Keita; Diarrah Sanogo; Kora Films (Firm); CNPC (Firm); California Newsreel (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: Bambara with English subtitles  
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel [distributor], ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1991 (100 mins.);
Summary: Tells the story of the quest for secret knowledge by a young Bambara man. While working in a peasant village, the hero, Sidy, searches for the seventh “canari”, a forgotten, secret Bambara herbal remedy used in childbirth. Faced with a scorching drought and a corrupt government, Sidy manages to save the village and rediscover the seventh “canari.”
OCLC #: 29197458
Added: November 12, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Taafé Fanga

November 10, 2008
Skirt Power
Call Number: VHS00321
by Adama Drabo; Fanta Berete; Ibrahima Sory Koita; Hélène Diarra; Teneman Sanogo; Michel Sangara; Sidiki Diabaté; Nana Diabaté; Bako Daghon; Taare Films.; California Newsreel (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: French, Kaado, and Bambara with English subtitles  
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1997 (98 mins.);
Summary: In an eighteenth century Dogon village, the women terrorize the men into assuming traditional women’s roles
OCLC #: 37886178
Added: November 10, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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