So Long a Letter

Weekly current affairs show

Mali, 1960. The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock and roll music newly imported from the West and dream of political renewal. Samba, a young socialist, falls for spirited Lara during one of his missions to the bush. To escape her forced marriage, she secretly flees with him to the city. But Lara’s husband won’t let them be and the Revolution soon brings painful disillusions as they dream of a future together.

UN AIR DE KORA tells the story of young Muslim woman Salma who wants to play the kora even though it is forbidden for women. She goes looking for a tutor in private.

Two new co-wives are alone in a house. The husband is away. They don’t want to talk to each other; at the same time, the voices of two other women in a TV documentary tell us about their own experiences of polygamy.