Moolaadé [DVD] / Doomireew Films ; New Yorker Films presents a Direction de la Cinématographie Nationale (Burkina Faso)/Centre Cinématographique Marocain (Maroco)/Cinétélé Films (Tunisia)/Les Films de la Terre Africaine (Cameroun) co-production with contribution from La Commission Européenne: Fonds European de Développement du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et du Ministère de la Culture ... ; written and directed by Ousmane Sembene.

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    • Notes:
      Director of photography, Dominique Gentil ; editor, Abdellatif Raïss ; music, Boncana Maïga ; production designer, Joseph Kpobly.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: Set in a small village, four young girls face ritual "purification" decide to flee to the household of Collé Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenage daughter from the mutilation. Collé invokes the time-honored custom of moolaadé (sanctuary) to protect the fugitives, and tension mounts as the ensuing stand-off pits Collé against village traditionalists. This endangers the prospective marriage of her daughter to the heir-apparent to the tribal throne.
    • Notes:
      Cast: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maïmouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré, Dominique T. Zeïda, Mah Compaoré, Aminata Dao.
    • Notes:
      Title from container.
      Originally produced as a motion picture in 2004.
      Special features: "The making of Moolaadé" featurette; interviews and additional footage; deluxe collector's booklet; theatrical trailer.
      DVD, region 1, letterbox (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital.
      Jula and French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
      National Society of Film Critics: Best Foreign Language Film.
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    • ISBN:
      1567304702
      9781567304701
    • Accession Number:
      717119952747
    • Accession Number:
      173667786
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.434821