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Dancing the Twist in Bamako(Twist à Bamako)

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France, Canada, Senegal · 2022
2h 9m
Director Robert Guédiguian
Starring Stéphane Bak, Alicia Da Luz Gomes, Diouc Koma, Issaka Sawadogo
Genre Drama

In the post-colonial Mali of the 1960s, 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 militant whose father is a well-established merchant, falls in love with Lara, a woman who is trying to escape an arranged marriage.

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New York Times by A.O. Scott

The cast is dynamic and sincere in a way that gives the drama a buoyant teen-movie spirit even as it takes a grave turn. It’s affecting, but also a bit glib.

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RogerEbert.com by Marya E. Gates

The filmmakers are arguing for why they should be allowed to tell a tale of postcolonial Mali, when they both come from the colonizing country. This paternalism masked in white guilt hangs over the otherwise stylish and passionate film like a thick fog.

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