Film showing of Ballak é Sissoko, Kora Tales
When:
March 29, 2025
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Where:
Manoogian Hall
Event category:
Movie/Film
In-person
Film showing of Ballak é Sissoko, Kora Tales
Directed by Lucy Durán & Laurent Benhamou
French and Bamanankan with French and English subtitles
In this 52” documentary film, award-winning Malian kora player Ballaké Sissoko takes us on a unique journey through Mali, Senegal and Gambia to follow the trail of the kora, a unique West African harp with 21 strings, said to have been created by the djinns.
Contact
Anne Duggan
a.duggan@wayne.edu