Furu

  • Introduction

    Pechuqui Laurata is a Mastercard Foundation Scholar at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

featuring

Awa Guindo, Bintou Founè Konaté, Djénéba Kamaté, Mariam Inna Kanouté,

This powerful social drama from director Fatou Cissé, daughter of legendary Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, explores the impact of forced marriage on young women in Mali. The film follows Tou, who is pressured to marry an older man after becoming pregnant, and Ami, who resists village pressure to wed in favor of her independence. Through these parallel stories, Furu examines the complex and often painful choices young women face when their futures are shaped by tradition rather than personal agency. The film confronts the enduring practice of forced marriage and its psychological consequences, offering a poignant and urgent reflection on gender, autonomy, and resistance within a patriarchal society.

Film at Lincoln Center
FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Fatou Cissé
Cinematographer
  • Hachim Mohamed Sacko
Language
  • Bambara
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 67 mins
Source
  • Fatou Cissé

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