Distribution Territory/ies:
Belgium
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
Netherlands
United Kingdom

Call Nº: 27/2007

International Title: The court

Coproducing Contry/ies:  France  Mali  United States 

Production Company/ies: Archipel 33 & Chinguitty Films

Website: www.archipel33.fr

Director: Abderrahmane Sissako

Script: Abderrahmane Sissako

Cast: Aïssa Maïga / William Bourdon / Tiecoura Traoré / Hélène Diarra / Habib Dembélé / Hamèye Mahalmadane / Aïssata Tall Sall /

Synopsis: Melé 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…