| Sarraounia | |
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| Directed by | Med Hondo |
| Written by | Med Hondo Abdoulaye Mamani |
| Produced by | Med Hondo |
| Starring | Aï Keïta |
| Cinematography | Guy Famechon |
| Edited by | Marie-Thérèse Boiché |
| Music by | Pierre Akendengué Abdoulaye Cissé Issouf Compaore |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Countries | Burkina Faso Mauritania France |
| Languages | Dioula, Fula, French |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
Sarraounia is a 1986 historical drama film written and directed by Med Hondo. It is based on a novel of the same name by Nigerien author Abdoulaye Mamani,[1] who co-wrote the screenplay. The novel and film concern the real-life Battle of Lougou between Azna (remnant animist-Hausa people) queen Sarraounia and the advancing French Colonial Forces of the Voulet-Chanoine Mission in 1899.[1] Sarraounia was one of the few African tribal leaders that resisted the advances of French expansionists Paul Voulet and Julien Chanoine. The film won the first prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) and was critically well received.
- ^ a b Ukadike, Nwachukwu Frank (1994). Black African Cinema. University of California Press. pp. 290–294. ISBN 0-520-07748-2.