MOOLAADÉ
In portraying the revolt of women against the practice of circumcision in one tiny backward village, Moolaadé lays out the nature of the conflict: Men clinging to the ancient tradition, supported in their minds by religion, come up against not only wives no longer willing to expose daughters to the life-endangering practice but the condemnation of educated men and women, who view the ritual as barbarous. Thirty-eight of the fifty-four member states of the African Union still practice female mutilation. That an African artist such as Sembène speaks out so strongly against the ritual is enormously helpful. Unfortunately, Africa is a continent with few cinemas. (Kirk Honeycutt)
- Fatoumata Coulibaly - Collé Gallo Ardo Sy
- Maimouna Hélène Diarra - Hadjatou
- Salimata Traoré - Amsatou
- Aminata Dao - Alima Bâ
- Dominique Zeïda - Söldner
- Ousmane Sembène
- Dominique Gentil
- Denis Guilhem
- Abdellatif Raïss
- Boncana Naiga
- Joseph Kpobly
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