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Road To Baleya
Directed by Bay Weyman

Date
December 11, 2019
About Project
DIRECTOR
Bay Weyman
COUNTRY
Canada
RUNNING TIME
89 mins
YEAR
2008
LANGUAGE
English, French with English Subtitles
ABOUT THE FILM
Canadian music producer and musician Lewis Melville brings a group to Mali to share music and thus open the door to understanding. We are delighted on-lookers to wonderful musical collaboration. A Malian griot (storyteller/oral historian/musician) invites the group to make the 200 km journey by dusty, difficult road to his native village. A glorious three-day celebration erupts at Mansa Sissoko’s return. But economic and health challenges in Mali are made sadly personal, and we ponder the possible results of ending the isolation with a good road. Can poverty and illiteracy be lessened while retaining safety and community?