Mali Movies

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...

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...

The Principal’s Fight examines the case of Community School, Sector II, Sabalibougou and the struggles of Negueting Traore and his fellow...

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

This film highlights the ongoing transformation of the Malian society moving into the era of modernity and globalisation. It portrays a Malian woman...

Swiss archaeologist Eric Huysecom and cameraman Bernard Augustoni work with 13 master smelters to recreate the building of a traditional furnace for...

This ethnographic short portrays a ritual using masks among the Dogon people of Mali.

On the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, the British mined tin and columbite which sustained local generations until the end of the 20th century. Mining is now...

Director Hawa Aliou N'Diaye explores Malian tradition, myth, and the ethereal through interviews with women who-like her-claim to be possessed by...

We follow the day of princess, who lives deep under the sea and is called by cauri shells to travel across time and space. On their journey they...

In Mali's Dadougou region, the secretive Kɔtɛ (kote) initiation rite is held every seven years or after a village chief's death, forming...

So Kou gives an insight into the history of an ancient instrument and a master player who contributed at making it better known to the world. The...