Film director Cheick Oumar Sissoko: biography, career, and

Nyamanton

Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Chaka Diarra, Alikaou Kanté

A young brother and sister try to balance school and their menial jobs in order to be able to continue their education and so that their impoverished family can make ends meet.

Lessons from the Garbage

6.8 ⚠️ 1986

драма

Finzan

Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Oumar Namory Keita, Koti

Two women rebel against the traditions of a village society.

A Dance for Heroes

6.7 ⚠️ 1989

Мали, драма

La genèse

Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Sotigui Kouyaté, Salif Keita

Inspired by the book of Genesis, this film tells the power struggle between two families: a clan of herders led by Jacob and another clan of hunters fronted by his brother Esau. Caught in the crossfire is their cousin, Hamor and his tribe of farmers.

Genesis

6.7 ⚠️ 1999

Франция, драма

Guimba, un tyran une époque

Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Fatoumata Coulibaly, Balla Habib Dembélé

The movie shows the rise and fall of a cruel and despotic village chief Guimba, and his son Jangine in a fictional village in the Sahel of Mali.

Guimba the Tyrant

6.4 ⚠️ 1996

Германия, комедия

Bàttu

Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Juliette Ba, Isaach De Bankolé

The star-stubbed cast includes Issac de Bankolè as Saar, a blind beggar, and Danny Glover as a corrupt president. In this often hilarious mix of politics and superstition, the beggars hamper the tourist industry yet play a necessary role opposite the lives of devout and wealthy Muslims. The agitated Minister of Public Health and Sanitation imposes a novel way of eliminating the problem.

Bàttu

6.2 ⚠️ 2000