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Sarraounia

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Med Hondo's epic of the queen who led resistance to a French colonial column won the Golden Stallion at FESPACO.

On 2 January 1899, starting from the French Sudan, a French column under the command of the captains Voulet and Chanoine is sent against the black Sultan Rabah in what is now the Cameroon. Those captains and their African mercenary troops destroy and kill everything they find on their path. The French authorities try to stop them sending orders and a second troop but the captains kill the emissaries who reach them. Sarraounia, queen of the Aznas, have heard about the exactions. Clever in war tactics and in witchcraft, she decides to resist and stop those mad men.

About

Language
French
Running time
2 h 2 min
Released
1986

Awards

  • WonFESPACOGolden Stallion of Yennenga1987

Cast and crew

  • Med HondoDirector, co-writer and producer
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Where to watch

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