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Yeelen

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

I First showing on I network television. Continuing the series of Africa on Film. In the land of the Bambaras a young man is granted magical gifts. His father, afraid of his power, sets out to kill him. This strikingly beautiful piece of work was the first African film to win the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Yeelen means the light. In
Malian with English subtitles.
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£2.75. payable to BSS, to [address removed]• FILMS: pages 31-37

Contributors

Nianankoro:
Issiaka Kane
AttU:
Aoua Sangare
Soma:
Niamanto Sanogo
Peul King:
Balla Moussa Keita
Nianankoro's mother:
Soumba Traore
Djigui:
Ismaila Sarr'
Attu's son:
Youssouf Tenin Cisse
Source: Radio Times

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