In Finzan, Cheick Oumar Sissoko has skillfully crafted a film which raises one of the most important issues of African rural life, the status of women, in a style accessible to every villager. Finzan tells the story of two women's rebellion. Nanyuma, a young widow defies her brother-in-law, the village fool, when he asserts his traditional right to "inherit" her. Fili, a young woman sent from the city by her conservative father, is brutally "circumcised" by village women, scandalized by her refusal to submit to this ancient ritual. Sissoko weaves these two stories together into a painfully realistic picture of village society, tragically unable to free itself from the past.

California Newsreel Collection

Bambara (African people) -- Marriage customs and rites -- Drama, Bambara (African people) -- Social life and customs -- Drama, Mali -- Social life and customs -- Drama

Sissoku, Cheick Oumar (Director), Coulibaly, Mamadou Famakan (Videographer), Touré, Mohamed Lamine (Speaker), Motandi, Ouoba (Editor), California Newsreel (Firm) (Distributor), Kora Films (Producer), ZDF (Producer), CNPC (Producer)

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English

Higher education

Name	California Newsreel
Role	Distributor
Telephone	415-284-7800
Address	500 Third Street, Suite #505, San Francisco, CA 94107-1875
Email	[email protected]

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