1975 · drama · religion · social-critique
Njangaan
Directed by Mahama Traoré1h 23m1975
This film presents a harsh critique of the Koranic teaching through the tragic story of a small talibé, student of a beggar.
Our read: Njangaan (1975) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · religion · social-critique entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / religion, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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