City: Kolkata
Location: 217, AJC Bose Road
Date: Wed, 2012/03/21 – 6:00pm
Price: Free
Category: Film screening
Duration: 2 Hrs
Alliance francaise du Bengale
Ciné Afrique
cordially invites you to the screening of
Baara
a film by Souleymane Cissé
1980 – Mali
 
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 | 6 pm
Synopsis:

A young Malian farmerworks as a baara, that is to say a porter in Bamako. One day, he sympathizes with a young engineer who takes him under his protection and helps him with his dealings with the police. He then brings the baara to the factory where he works. The engineer who studied in Europe tries to apply liberal ideas in the factory.