Mali Movies

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 becom...

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

Hailstone is a “condensation” of images from 2020 in Super 8 film. The work, composed of moments lived or seen through screens—such as video calls, In...

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

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

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 enig...

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

Djeneba is a mother of nine children living in Kadioloko, southern Mali. Since her husband left the family some years ago Djeneba and her children man...

This film tells with verve and a touch of self-irony the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule. The film...

Echagh (The Well) is a research film on a Tuareg Fraction called Igorareine. They live in a locality called Echgah situated to 40 km in the northest...

In the busy streets of Bamako, a young woman, about 25 years old, repairs generators. Engaged to be married, Ra does "a man's job" and supervises a cr...

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