Fatoumata Diawara

Em seu vilarejo no norte do Senegal, Yao é um garoto de 13 anos de idade disposto a tudo para encontrar o seu herói: Seydou Tall, um famoso ator francês. Convidado a promover o seu novo livro em Dakar, Tall retorna ao país de origem pela primeira vez. Para realizar o seu sonho, o jovem Yao prepara uma fuga e atravessa 387 quilômetros sozinho até a capital. Comovido com este jovem, o ator decide fugir às obrigações e acompanhá-lo de volta à sua casa. No entanto, pelas estradas empoeiradas e incertas do Senegal, Tall compreende que ao se dirigir ao vilarejo do garoto, ele também parte ao encontro de suas raízes.

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?

Em julho de 2012, não muito longe da antiga cidade de Timbuktu no Mali, o orgulhoso pastor de gado Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) vive pacificamente nas dunas com sua esposa Satima (Toulou Kiki), sua filha Toya (Layla walet Mohamed), e seu filho Issan (Mehdi Mohamed Ag) , seu pequeno pastor com doze anos. Na cidade, as pessoas sofrem, impotentes, com o regime de terror imposto pelos jihadistas determinados a controlar sua fé. Música, risos, cigarros, mesmo o futebol, foram proibidos. As mulheres tornaram-se sombrias, mas resistem com dignidade. Todos os dias, os novos tribunais improvisados emitem sentenças trágicas e absurdas. Kidane e sua família, por morarem nas dunas, estão sendo poupados do caos que reina em Timbuktu. Mas seu destino mudará abruptamente.

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.