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Yeelen (Bambara for "brightness"/"light") is a 1987 Malian film written, directed and produced by Souleymane Cissé. It is filmed in the Bambara and Fula languages, and is based on a legend told by the Bambara people.
Yeelen: Directed by Souleymane Cissé. With Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo, Balla Moussa Keita. A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.
Oct 7, 2024 · Currently you are able to watch "Yeelen" streaming on Kanopy for free. Synopsis A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.
Celebrated Malian filmmaker Souleyman Cissé crafted Yeelen (which means ‘brightness’) as an explicit antidote to the “ethnographic” lens through which Western directors often told Africa-set stories.
May 11, 2020 · The Malian director Souleymane Cissé’s historical drama, from 1987, is a masterwork of metaphysical realism. It’s based on a thirteenth-century legend about a sorcerer, Nianankoro, whose ...
Set in a timeless past, Yeelen recounts the mythic tale of a power struggle between father and son. Soma Diarra, the jealous father and member of a feared Bambara secret society, plots to kill his son and rival, Nianankoro.
A 13 th century set adaptation of an ancient legend from Mali, YEELEN centers on Nianankoro, a young warrior seeking to confront his sorcerer father Soma, who Nianankoro’s mother brands a “terror.” Mother and son have been on the run from Soma’s malevolent influence, which is all-encompassing.
