Mali / 2009 / 90mins / Drama / Bambara

A gang of headhunters decapitate an albino villager, hoping that his body parts will make them rich, especially the head. Creating controversy, the other villages believe this will only bring misfortune. Which will it be, riches or misfortune?

Ladji Diakité

Ladji Diakité was born in Bamako, Mali and holds a master’s degree in literature from the Ecole Normale Supérieure. He also studied at the National Centre for Film Production. Diakité’s films include La Rencontre des chasseurs (2001), Duel à Dafa (2007) and Fantan Fanga (Power Of The Poor - 2009), co-directed with Adama Drabo. He is Chief Production Division of the CNCM (National Center of Cinematography of Mali). Learn More

Adama Drabo

Adama Drabo was born in Bamako, Mali in 1948. While teaching primary school, he began writing for the theater. In 1979, he entered Mali’s Centre National de Production Cinématographique (CNPC) and later served as Cheick Oumar Sissoko’s assistant director on two films, Nyamanton and Finzan. In 1988, Drabo directed his own short film, Nieba, la journée d’une paysanne (Nieba, A Day in the Life of a Peasant Woman). Ta Dona (1991) was his first feature as a director. It won the Prix Oumarou Ganda at the 1991 FESPACO. Adama Drabo passed away in 2009. Learn More