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Moolaade
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | October 15, 2004 |
| Running time: | 124 minutes |
| Cast: | Fatoumata Coulibaly, Helene Diarra, Dominique T Zeida, Mah Compaore, Aminata Dao |
| Director: | Ousmane Sembene |
| Producer: | Ousmane Sembene |
| Writer: | Ousmane Sembene |
| Distributor: | New Yorker Films |
Description: Set in a small African village, four young girls face a ritual "purification" flee to the household of Colle' Ardo Gallo Sy, a strong-willed woman who has managed to shield her own teenage daughter from mutilation. Colle' invokes the time-honored custom of moolaade (sanctuary) to protect the fugitives, and tension mounts as the ensuing stand-off pits Colle' against a village traditionalists (both male and female) and endangers the prospective marriage of her daughter to the heir-apparent to the tribal throne.
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