Year			2006
Original lang.			French / Bambara
Country			Mali / U.S.A. / France
Genre			Drama
Length			1:55
Director			Abderrahmane Sissako
Writer			Abderrahmane Sissako
Starring			A ssa Ma ga Tiécoura Traoré Maimouna Hélène Diarra Balla Habib Dembélé Djénéba Koné Hamadoun Kassogué Show more... A ssa Ma ga Tiécoura Traoré Maimouna Hélène Diarra Balla Habib Dembélé Djénéba Koné Hamadoun Kassogué William Bourdon Mamadou Kanouté Gabriel Magma Konate Aminata Traoré Danny Glover Elia Suleiman Abderrahmane Sissako Jean-Henri Roger Zeka Laplaine

Mele is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa's woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by this novel Africa's desire to fight for its rights...