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DVD005452

Yaaba

Ouedraogo, Idrissa; Mambéty, Djibril Diop

trigon-film, 2007

Description:

DVD - Region free.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
color.   letterboxed.   sound.  

Notes:

PAL format, may not display correctly on all monitors. Recounts life in a little village in West Africa. Bila is a young boy who together with his cousin Nopoko observes life around them. Yaaba means grandmother and is the name that Bila gives to Sana, an old woman who is shunned as a witch by the most of villagers who blame her for any ill that befalls them. Some attempts are made to attack Sana and drive her out of the village but Bila befriends and stands up for her and she gradually instills in him some of her serenity and wisdom. Supplemental features include: PARLONS GRAND-MÉRE (Djibril Diop Mambety, 32 min)

Titles

+ Parlons Grand-mére

Director:

Mambéty, Djibril Diop

Running Time:

Short.   32 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

color

Country:

Burkina Faso, Senegal

Year:

1989

Language:

Mooré and French

Genre:

Documentary

Notes:

No English subtitles. Documentary made on the set of YAABA.

+ Yaaba

Alternate Title:

Grandmother; Yabba

Director:

Ouedraogo, Idrissa

Production Co:

Arcadia Films; Les Films de l'Avenir; Thelma Film AG; Télévision Suisse Romande; ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; La Sept; La Fondation GAN pour le cinéma; La Direction du Cinéma du Burkina Faso; Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication; Ministère Français de la Coopération; Départment Fédéral de l'Interieur (Switzerland); Département Fédéral des Affaires Etrangères

Running Time:

Feature.   90 minutes

Sound:

sound

Color:

color

Country:

Burkina Faso

Year:

1989

Language:

Mooré with optional German, French, English or Italian subtitles

Genre:

Drama

Notes:

PAL format, may not display correctly on all monitors. Recounts life in a little village in West Africa. Bila is a young boy who together with his cousin Nopoko observes life around them. Yaaba means grandmother and is the name that Bila gives to Sana, an old woman who is shunned as a witch by the most of villagers who blame her for any ill that befalls them. Some attempts are made to attack Sana and drive her out of the village but Bila befriends and stands up for her and she gradually instills in him some of her serenity and wisdom. Supplemental features include: PARLONS GRAND-MÉRE (Djibril Diop Mambety, 32 min)

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