Fatoumata Diawara

Desde su aldea en el norte de Senegal, Yao es un niño de 13 años dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para encontrarse con su héroe: Seydou Tall, un famoso actor francés. Invitado a Dakar para promocionar su nuevo libro, este último va a su país de origen por primera vez. Para cumplir su sueño, el joven Yao organiza su fuga y desafía solo 387 kilómetros hasta la capital. Tocado por este niño, el actor decide huir de sus obligaciones y acompañarlo a casa. Pero en los caminos polvorientos e inciertos de Senegal, Seydou entiende que mientras rueda hacia el pueblo del niño, también rueda hacia sus raíces.

Mali's Music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté Master Soumy and Ahmed Ag Kaedi - we embark on a musical journey to Mali's agitated heart. Can their music reconcile the country?

Año 2012, la ciudad maliense de Tombuctú ha caído en manos de extremistas religiosos. Kidane vive tranquilamente en las dunas con su esposa Satima, su hija Toya e Issam, un niño pastor de 12 años. Pero en la ciudad los habitantes padecen el régimen de terror impuesto por los yihadistas: prohibido escuchar música, reír, fumar e incluso jugar al fútbol. Las mujeres se han convertido en sombras que intentan resistir con dignidad. Cada día, unos tribunales islamistas improvisados lanzan sentencias tan absurdas como trágicas. El caos que reina en Tombuctú no parece afectar a Kidane hasta el día en que accidentalmente mata a Amadou, un pescador que ha acabado con la vida de su vaca favorita. Ahora debe enfrentarse a las leyes impuestas por los ocupantes extranjeros.

Bella, a 30-year-old Guinean cabaret singer, lives a miserable, dangerous life as a prostitute in Dakar. Though she longs for escape, a gang of pimps, led by Kèba, treat her like property and make sure she keeps in her place. Her only hope is the thought of earning enough money to escape and reunite with her daughter, who she gave up at birth at age 15—a desperate act that haunts Bella’s nightmares and fills her with guilt. While fleeing an angry client, she meets Yélo, a Guinean worker for the United Nations, who happens to be passing through Dakar. Instantly smitten, Yélo agrees to help Bella, and so begins an epic journey of redemption, from Guinea to Paris. But can the young couple escape the clutches of the menacing Kèba?

BB works as a political cartoonist at a liberal newspaper, his more outrageous efforts duly appreciated but not necessarily published by his boss. He's in love with the boss’ lovely, talented computer-scientist daughter, Kesso. But his choice meets with stiff opposition from his strict Muslim father Karamako, who is the chief of his village as well as imam of Conakry, especially when Kesso becomes pregnant with BB’s child.

Kaya Maghan, the despotic king of Wagadou, follows the instructions of his priest by ordering the religious sacrifice to the Python God of Sia Yatabaree, the virgin daughter of a notable family. A gift of gold equivalent to Sia’s weight is given to her family as compensation for surrendering their daughter for the sacrifice. However, Sia runs away and finds shelter in the home of a mad prophet who has railed against the king. The king orders his top general to locate Sia, but the general is conflicted since Sia was engaged to marry his nephew, Mamadi, who is in battle on behalf of the kingdom. Mamadi returns and joins his uncle to do battle against the Python God. - Wikipedia, accessed 31 July 2021

Inspired by the book of Genesis, this film tells the power struggle between two families: a clan of herders led by Jacob and another clan of hunters fronted by his brother Esau. Caught in the crossfire is their cousin, Hamor and his tribe of farmers.