Mali Movies

  • 1986
    Lessons from the Garbage

    Lessons from the Garbage

    Lessons from the Garbage

    71986HD

    A young brother and sister try to balance school and their menial jobs in order to be able to continue their education and so that their impoverished...

    Lessons from the Garbage
  • 1994
    Voyage à Tombouctou

    Voyage à Tombouctou

    Voyage à Tombouctou

    101994HD

    Voyage à Tombouctou
  • 2023
    Hailstone

    Hailstone

    Hailstone

    02023HD

    Hailstone is a “condensation” of images from 2020 in Super 8 film. The work, composed of moments lived or seen through screens—such...

    Hailstone
  • 1989
    The Legend of Ségou

    The Legend of Ségou

    The Legend of Ségou

    01989HD

    The wise masters tell the King of Ségou of the birth of a boy constituting a threat to his power. In Macina, not far from Ségou,...

    The Legend of Ségou
  • 2022
    Plateau

    Plateau

    Plateau

    02022HD

    On the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, the British mined tin and columbite which sustained local generations until the end of the 20th century. Mining is now...

    Plateau
  • 2022
    The Promises

    The Promises

    The Promises

    02022HD

    Director Hawa Aliou N'Diaye explores Malian tradition, myth, and the ethereal through interviews with women who-like her-claim to be possessed by...

    The Promises
  • 2012
    Hamou-Beya, Sand Fishers

    Hamou-Beya, Sand Fishers

    Hamou-Beya, Sand Fishers

    02012HD

    The Bozo of Mali are people of the water. For generations, they have lived along the banks of the Niger river, fishing for their livelihood. But...

    Hamou-Beya, Sand Fishers
  • 2019
    Balkissa, les démons de minuit

    Balkissa, les démons de minuit

    Balkissa, les démons de minuit

    02019HD

    Balkissa, les démons de minuit
  • 2013
    O Sembene!

    O Sembene!

    O Sembene!

    02013HD

    Meeting of two greats, Cissé's tribute to the dean of African cinema is without discours, without pathos. It is the one returned by his mini...

    O Sembene!
  • 2012
    Djeneba: A Minyanka Woman of Southern Mali

    Djeneba: A Minyanka Woman of Southern Mali

    Djeneba: A Minyanka Woman of Southern Mali

    02012HD

    Djeneba is a mother of nine children living in Kadioloko, southern Mali. Since her husband left the family some years ago Djeneba and her children...

    Djeneba: A Minyanka Woman of Southern Mali
  • 2007
    Ra, la réparatrice

    Ra, la réparatrice

    Ra, la réparatrice

    02007HD

    In the busy streets of Bamako, a young woman, about 25 years old, repairs generators. Engaged to be married, Ra does "a man's job" and supervises a...

    Ra, la réparatrice
  • 2009
    The Principal’s Fight

    The Principal’s Fight

    The Principal’s Fight

    02009HD

    The Principal’s Fight examines the case of Community School, Sector II, Sabalibougou and the struggles of Negueting Traore and his fellow...

    The Principal’s Fight
  • 2008
    Echagh (The Well)

    Echagh (The Well)

    Echagh (The Well)

    02008HD

    Echagh (The Well) is a research film on a Tuareg Fraction called Igorareine. They live in a locality called Echgah situated to 40 km in the northest...

    Echagh (The Well)
  • 1939
    Under the Black Masks

    Under the Black Masks

    Under the Black Masks

    01939HD

    This ethnographic short portrays a ritual using masks among the Dogon people of Mali.

    Under the Black Masks
  • 2001
    Only Quality Matters

    Only Quality Matters

    Only Quality Matters

    02001HD

    This film highlights the ongoing transformation of the Malian society moving into the era of modernity and globalisation. It portrays a Malian woman...

    Only Quality Matters
  • 1989
    Salif Keita: Destiny of a Noble Outcast

    Salif Keita: Destiny of a Noble Outcast

    Salif Keita: Destiny of a Noble Outcast

    01989HD

    A child with albinism is often regarded in traditional societies as a curse on their family. Salif Keita, born from a noble lineage of Mali, lived in...

    Salif Keita: Destiny of a Noble Outcast
  • 1969
    Postgraduate

    Postgraduate

    Postgraduate

    01969HD

    Postgraduate
  • 1997
    Inagina: The Last House of Iron

    Inagina: The Last House of Iron

    Inagina: The Last House of Iron

    01997HD

    Swiss archaeologist Eric Huysecom and cameraman Bernard Augustoni work with 13 master smelters to recreate the building of a traditional furnace for...

    Inagina: The Last House of Iron
  • 1983
    Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon

    Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon

    Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon

    01983HD

    This film tells with verve and a touch of self-irony the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule. The...

    Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon