Film screening of "Bamako" on Tue, 18th March

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On Tuesday 18th March at 8pm (room C11) we will screen a movie that should be of interest to all of you who care for international economic law and financial institutions, human rights, globalisation and inequalities between the developed and the developing world, particularly Africa.


BAMAKO
directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Cast: Danny Glover, Helene Diarra, William Bourdon
115 minutes, France/Mali (2006)


In the courtyard of a house in Mali’s capital Bamako a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa's woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard.

Prizes won include:

- BEST PRIZE of the 1st Human Rights Film Festival of Lomé (Togo) 2007

- Council of Europe Film Award (FACE) Istanbul International Film Festival

- JURY'S PRIZE at Carthage Film Festival

“…needs to be seen, argued over and seen again.” (The New York Times)

“ 'Bamako' brilliantly rises to the challenge of presenting a serious discussion of globalization, African debt and the World Bank in a lively, entertaining feature film... (VARIETY)

“…vibrant Malian settings and cast of villagers… the movie takes on a key issue of our time—African debt and the crippling policies of the International Monetary Fund—and magically manages to be critical without feeling at all like a lecture. The issues are mostly explored in a dazzling fictional trial” (Time Out NY)

After the screening we will have some time for a discussion which will be moderated by Paula Herm.

You are welcome to come along!

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