The second installment in this series of award-winning films from Africaincludes Kollo Sanou's Tasuma (2003, 90 mins., French and Jula with English subtitles), a comic look at the impact of Western colonialism on Africa. Retired from the French army, West African native Sogo waits patiently for his pension, which he plans to use to build a grain mill for the women of his village. When the money does't arrive, he and the villagers take matters into their own hands. Tasuma camouflages its razor-sharp indignation" with warmth and disarming grace (Village Voice). Next is Dani Kouyate's Sia the Dream of the Python (2001 96 mins. Bambara with English subtitles) a modern adaptation of a seventh-century African legend. A poor village decides it must make a human sacrifice to a mystical snake god to" guarantee a better future. Sia, the most beautiful woman in the village, is chosen for the ritual, but she runs away in revolt. Delivers a powerful commentary on how governments lie no matter who runs them" (New York Kollo Daniel Sanou/Dani Kouyate---Burkina Faso/France---2003/2001---186 min"s.Directed by: Abdoulaye Ascofare / Drissa ToureRunning time: 186Year: 2007French with English Subtitles
