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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....

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Authors: Keïta, Salif, 1949- (Composer)
Portal, Michel, 1935- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Cissé Films
Cinecom International Films
Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Cissé, Souleymane (Director, Screenwriter, Producer)
Keita, Balla Moussa (Actor)
Kane, Issiaka (Actor)
Traoure, Soumba (Actor)
Sangare, Aoua (Actor)
Sanogo, Niamanto (Actor)
Sarr, Ismaila (Actor)
Sangare, Koke (Actor)
Language:Bambara
English
French
Language and/or Writing System:
In Bambara with English subtitles ; summaries in French.
Published: New York : Kino on Video, [2002], ©2002.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Bambara (African people) > Drama.
Bambara (African people) > Rites and ceremonies > Drama.
Mali > Drama.
Feature films > Mali.
Foreign films.
Foreign language films > Bambara.
Film adaptations.
Motion pictures, African.
Genre:
Drama.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Brightness. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD

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