Mali Movies

The story of Aphrodite from her birth and her relationship with the other gods of Greek mythology.

Passionate sculptor Makan discovers he just won the lottery. This marks the start of a long chase in the streets of Bamako to search the coveted...

Malian-French director Daouda Coulibaly's auspicious debut is a pulse-pounding political thriller. Wùlu tells the unsettling tale of a man's...

This film follows Maria Esther, Jose Agrippino's partner, as she falls into a trance; the film takes place in the day-to-day setting of a room...

Shocked by French président Nicolas Sarkozy’s claim that the African man has no history, filmmaker Cheikh N’diaye sets out to...

Beginning in South Africa under the apartheid regime, the film follows a young girl who flees the country after a violent confrontation with a local...

Happy are those who, like Sekou, have had a great journey. A storyteller like his parents, he perfects his apprenticeship on a pilmigrage through...

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...

The story of a young student, lost in her hometown and alienated from her own traditions. After experiencing situations that made her feel powerless...

The Bamako Express takes more than 36 hours to connect Dakar to Bamako, about 1200 kilometers. During this crossing from West to East, multiple...

In 2012, jihadists took control of northern Mali. They imposed one of the strictest interpretations of sharia law in history. On August 12th they...

A profile of Boubacar Traore, "Mali's Elvis Presley", a love story told by a singer whose music takes us on a social, political and geographic voyage...

"Cinq jours d’une vie" is about a young man, N'Tji, orphaned at an early age, who lives under the supervision of his uncle. He is sent to...

This powerful social drama from director Fatou Cissé, daughter of legendary Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, explores the impact of...

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...