Bibliograph

Guimba, un tyran, une époque = a tyrant in his time, Idrissa Ouedraogo présente ; une production Kora-Films ; directeur de production, Ibrahima Toure ; un film de Cheick Oumar Sissoko

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Label

Guimba, un tyran, une époque = a tyrant in his time, Idrissa Ouedraogo présente ; une production Kora-Films ; directeur de production, Ibrahima Toure ; un film de Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Language

bam

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Guimba

Oclc number

58528509

Responsibility statement

Idrissa Ouedraogo présente ; une production Kora-Films ; directeur de production, Ibrahima Toure ; un film de Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Runtime

Series statement

New African cinemaThe library of African cinema

Sub title

un tyran, une époque = a tyrant in his time

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

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Guimba, the tyrantGuimba, a tyrant in his time

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