Ta Dona (Fire!)
1991 Directed by Adam Drabo, Mali. 100 minutes. Bambara with English subtitles.

Source: New Yorker Films

Ta Dona is a film about regeneration, about how a new Africa can grow organically out of the old. Sidy, an educated agricultural expert, is a man of high integrity and genuine concern for the common people. He exemplifies the blend of tradition and modernity that offers the greatest hope for rural development. Yet, Sidy stands in sharp contrast to Mali's elite of power and privilege who jump at every opportunity to enhance their personal wealth and power at the expense of Mali's people and the environment. Just as fire periodically sweeps the old growth cleansing the environment, is a revolutionary "fire" necessary to purify society?

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