Taafé fanga is the film version of a Mali folk tale. The well-known griot Sidiki Diabaté is our guide through the cliff rocks of Bandiagara and through the past of the Dogon people. When the Albarga, the mask of the local spirits and also symbol of power, falls into the hands of the young woman Yayémé, this causes chaos in Yanda. The women exchange their skirts for the trousers of the men. Is it a curse? A divine punishment? The women take over power, but will the new order be able to resist all its inherent contradictions?
Director: Adama Drabo. AKA Skirt Power
Writers: Adama Drabo (play & screenplay), Marion Keller (dialogue), Léopold Togo (script).
Stars: Fanta Berete, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Ramata Drabo, Ibrahim Koïta, Michel Sangaré, Ténéman Sanogo, Mohamed Siby, Baba Sissoko, Alexis Sy, Moussa Traoré, Oumar Traoré, Agamon Yebesse, Benoko Yebesse, Lamine Yebesse.
Cinematographer: Lionel Cousin.
Composers: Badema, Harouna Parry.
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MP4 | 1.42 GB | 704×424 | 25 FPS | 1850 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
Languages: Kaado, Bambara | Subtitles: English (hard)
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The battle against polygamy and child marriage in a folk tale setting. Well made and filled with great atmosphere which is why I really wanted to like this more than I actually did.
I don’t know anything about Mali but Instead of dissecting socio-economic conditions and an old feudal system that should be abolished the whole film places the blame solely on men in general. That made it rather distracting
Ousmane Sembene handled similar themes in a much better, analytical and more subtle fashion