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Great African films. Vol. 1 [videorecording]. - New York, NY : [Chicago, Ill.] : ArtMattan Productions ; Distributed by Facets Video, [2007?] - 2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. - Great African films ; v. 1 . - Great African films. .

Special features: filmmaker bio (Ascofare); director's statement (on Haramuya, by Toure).

Cast for Faraw!: Aminata Ousmane, Safiatou Mahamane, Balla Moussa Keita, Oumar M'Barek, Hamel M'Barek. Cast for Haramuya: Abdoulaye Kaba, Abdoulaye Komboudri, Ali Malagouin, Sidiki Sanogo, Ramata N'Diaye Tall.

Faraw!: Filmed in Gao, Mali and Morocco. Haramuya: Filmed in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Faraw!: An impoverished Songhai mother struggles to provide for her family in northeastern Mali. Haramuya: The patriarch of a Muslim family living in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso struggles to reconcile his traditional beliefs with his sons' thoroughly modern lifestyles.


DVD.


Faraw!: In Songhoi with English subtitles.
Haramuya: In Bambara with English subtitles.

ISBN: 1565806441 9781565806443

Standard No.: 736899107222

Publisher. No.: DV92670 ArtMattan Productions

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Foreign films--Burkina Faso.
Foreign films--Mali.
Mothers--Mali--Drama.
Muslim families--Burkina Faso--Ouagadougou--Drama.
Muslims--Burkina Faso--Ouagadougou--Drama.
Songhai (African people)--Mali--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mali--Drama.
Mali--Social conditions--Drama.
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)--Drama.
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)--Social conditions--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.