As demonstrated in his previous film, a plangent snapshot of subsistence called "Waiting for Happiness," Sissako is a poet, and the filmmaking in this new picture is stuff of a deserving laureate.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
The serious accusations are leavened by the moments of brimming, illogical, intimate neighborly dailiness the filmmaker also captures with warmth and infectious high spirits.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: A.O. Scott
Bamako is something different: a work of cool intelligence and profound anger, a long, dense, argument that is also a haunting visual poem.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Never mind Hollywood's big-star, big-budget hand-wringing about Africa - Bamako is the real thing.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Bamako is an attack on globalization that is endlessly cogent, confrontational -- and, best of all, as captivating as it is illuminating.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
A barrel of laughs, this ain't. But it's a fearless high-wire act, grim and witty, confrontational and self-mocking. Its message may be dire, but Bamako is a feat of intellectual and cinematic daring that will leave your brain buzzing.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
No one can deny the powerful reality that weaves its way through Bamako.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Nathan Lee
Bamako brings relief from the latest round of Africa chic in the media, reversing "the flood of information that flows one way." It colors the Africa Problem from the inside out.Read Full Review »
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