Yeelen = Brightness / Filimu SISE bèna = Cissé Films present ; Solomani Sise, ka dja laben nè.
A film adaptation of one of the great oral epics of the Bambara people, set during the powerful Mali Empire of the 13th century. Tells the story of Nianankoro, a young Bambara warrior destined to destroy a corrupt older society, the secret Komo cult, and with it his father, and, inevitably, himself. The climactic flash of light which floods the screen at the film's end ushers in a new purified world order and captures the Bambara belief in time as circular, not linear, always returning to that initial "brightness" which created the world.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: New York : Kino on Video, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally produced in Mali by Cissé Films 1987; released in association with Cinecom International Films. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Photography, Jean-Noel Ferragut, Jean-Michel Humeau ; editor, Dounamba Coulibaly ; music, Salif Keita, Michel Portal. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Isiyaka Kane, Awa Sangare, Nyamanto Sanogo, Bala Musa Keyita, Sumba Tarawolo, Isimayila Sar, Koke Sangare, Yusufu Tenen Sise, Sidi Jalo. |
System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC. |
Language Note: | In Bambara with English subtitles; summaries in French. |
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Subject: | Bambara (African people) > Drama. Bambara (African people) > Rites and ceremonies > Drama. Bambara (African people) Bambara (African people) > Rites and ceremonies. Mali > Drama. Mali. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | DVD YEE (Text) | 000161455 | Video | Available | - |