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Baara
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Baara (French: Le Travail), released internationally as Work, is a 1978 film directed by Souleymane Cissé. It was the first ever feature film to be produced in Mali. The film has been screened at multiple international film festivals, and it has won a number of awards.
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6.6A young manager of a factory encounters a man walking along a road who says his family traditionally are servants to the manager's family. The manager offers him a job, and as he watches out for the other man's welfare, begins to see how the company mistreats its workers. The manager is challenged between his ethics and the pressure from others to protect his own interests as dire problems surface at the factory
Cast
- Balla Moussa Keita
- Baba Niare
- Bubukar Keita
- Omou Diarra
- Ismaila Sarr
Themes
- work
- africa
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- FilmAffinity ID
- 598597
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- publication date
- 1978-00-00
- title
- Baara
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Baara (French: Le Travail), released internationally as Work, is a 1978 film directed by Souleymane Cissé. It was the first ever feature film to be produced in Mali. The film has been screened at multiple international film festivals, and it has won a number of awards.
== Synopsis == A young Malian peasant works as a baara, that is to say a baggage carrier in Bamako. He becomes acquainted with a young, progressive engineer who introduces him to a job at a factory.