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Africans challenge global corruption in`Bamako' courtroom
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Movie Review
Bamako
****
Written and directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako
At: Museum of Fine Arts, tonight and various dates through
Thursday
Running time: 118 minutes
In French and Bambara, with subtitles
Hollywood typically brings us courtroom dramas full of last-
minute revelations, shocking witnesses, and actorly bombast ("You
can't handle the truth!"). Abderrahmane Sissako's mighty courtroom
drama "Bamako" offers none of these overheated frills.
Court is held in a multifamily courtyard in Bamako, Mali. A breeze
gently covers onlookers with insects and dust. And during the
proceedings ...
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