|
Hélène Diarra
Maïmouna Hélène Diarra, also Helena Diarra (1955 – June 10, 2021) was a Malian actress known for playing the roles of older women from her young age. She is the CEO of the International Fund for the Development of Active Retirement. She is the Vice President of the Professional Association of Decentralized Financial Systems of Côte d'Ivoire. Early life and education Diarra was born in 1955 in Segou, Mali but was orphaned at an early age and raised by her uncles and grandmother. In 1975, she was admitted into the National Pedagogical Institute for a Diploma of Fundamental Studies in the teaching profession. Between 1975 and 1977 she played for the Bamako Reds women's basketball team. In 1981, she obtained a diploma in theatre arts at the National Arts Institute. Career In 2000, she was featured as "Aminate" in Michael Haneke's drama film, ''Code Unknown''. Other cast include: Aïssa Maïga, Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler and others. In 2004, she was fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamako (film)
''Bamako'' is a 2006 film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, first released at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May and in Manhattan by New Yorker Films on 14 February 2007. The film depicts a trial taking place in Bamako, the capital of Mali, amid the daily life that is going on in the city. In the midst of that trial, two sides argue whether the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are guided by special interest of developed nations, or whether it is corruption and the individual nations' mismanagement, that is guilty of the current financial state of many poverty-stricken African countries as well as the rest of the poor undeveloped world. The film also touches on European colonization and discusses how it plays a role in shaping African societies and their resulting poverty and issues. Danny Glover, one of the film's executive producers, also guest-stars as an actor in a Western (genre), Western film (called ''Death in Timbuktu'') that some children are watching on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 In Film
The year 1989 involved many significant films. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1989 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of Chicago-based Ameritech Corp., in 1993 in film, 1993 after being forced to file for bankruptcy when a California judge ordered her to pay $7.4 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film ''Boxing Helena''. * A director's cut of ''Lawrence of Arabia (film), Lawrence of Arabia'' is released with a 227-minute length. The restoration was undertaken by Robert A. Harris under the supervision of director David Lean. * May 24 – ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is released by Paramount Pictures. It is the third installment of the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise. * June 13 – The ''James Bond (film series), James Bond'' film ''Licence to Kill'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Film
This is a list of films released in 1995. The highly anticipated sequel '' Die Hard with a Vengeance'' was the year's biggest box-office hit, and ''Braveheart'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1995 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records *The ''Batman'' franchise became the fifth film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of '' Batman Forever''. **''Batman Forever'' is released in theaters and surpasses ''Jurassic Park'' for scoring the highest-opening weekend of all time, generating a total of $52.8 million. Film records * '' Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' has been running in theaters for 27 years, becoming the longest running film in theaters Context The theatrical box office of 1994 achieved record grosses, with nine films earning more than $100million and the highest attendance (1.29billion) since 1960 (1.3billion). By 1995, however, the average cost of making and marketing a film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Film
The year 1996 involved many significant films. The major releases this year included '' Scream'', ''Independence Day'', '' Fargo'', '' Trainspotting'', '' The Rock'', '' The English Patient'', ''Twister'', '' Space Jam'', '' Mission: Impossible,'' ''Mars Attacks!'', ''Jerry Maguire'' and a film version of the musical '' Evita''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1996 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records * ''Independence Day'' became the highest-grossing film of Will Smith's career, up until it was surpassed by ''Aladdin'' (2019) which grossed $1.054 billion. However, adjusting for inflation, Independence Day in 2019 grossed $1.324 billion. * '' Rumble in the Bronx'' was released in North America, becoming Jackie Chan's first major box office hit in the region, with its US box office alone earning over 20 times its budget. It was Chan's biggest ever hit up until then. Context The theatrical year of 1996 achieved a $5.8 billion domestic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In Film
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including ''Titanic'', '' The Full Monty'', '' Gattaca'', '' Donnie Brasco'', '' Good Will Hunting'', '' Boogie Nights'', '' L.A. Confidential'', ''The Fifth Element'', '' Nil by Mouth'', '' The Spanish Prisoner'', and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records *''Titanic'' became the first film in history to pass at the box office on March 1, 1998. ''Titanic'' held the record for the highest-grossing film of all time for 12 years until it was surpassed by ''Avatar'' (also directed by James Cameron) on January 25, 2010. *The ''Jurassic Park'' franchise became the sixth film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park''. *Sony Pictures became the year's highest-grossing distributor in the United States and Canada, with in domestic gross. It was the first time Sony Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesis (1999 Film)
''Genesis'' () is a 1999 French-Malian drama film directed by Cheick Oumar Sissoko. It covers chapters 23 to 37 of the biblical Book of Genesis, with only African actors. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Plot There are three stories. First, there is Esau's hatred of his younger brother Jacob for taking his birthright. There is also the abduction and rape of their sister Dina by a Canaanite. The Canaanite falls in love with Dina and offers to make amends. Jacob demands that all the males in his tribe undergo circumcision, which they reluctantly agree to. However, while they are still recovering from the operation, they are set upon and slain to the last man. Finally, Jacob believes his favorite son, Joseph, to be dead, but later learns that he is alive in Egypt. Jacob and Esau settle their differences, and they all set out for Egypt. Cast * Sotigui Kouyaté as Jacob * Salif Keita as Esau * Balla Moussa Keita as Hamor * Fatoumata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Film
The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's posthumous final film ''Eyes Wide Shut'', Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film '' All About My Mother'', the science-fiction film ''The Matrix'', the animated works ''The Iron Giant'', ''Toy Story 2'', ''Tarzan'', and '' South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', the Best Picture-winner '' American Beauty'', and the well-received '' The Green Mile''. Other noteworthy releases include M. Night Shyamalan's ''The Sixth Sense'', David Fincher's ''Fight Club'', Sofia Coppola's ''The Virgin Suicides'', Paul Thomas Anderson's ''Magnolia'' and Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman's ''Being John Malkovich''. The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace''. Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer celebrated their 75th anniversaries in 1999. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1999 by worldwide gross are as follows: Awards 1999 films By country/region * List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was ''Mission: Impossible 2''. Domestically in North America, ''Gladiator (2000 film), Gladiator'' won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe). ''Dinosaur (2000 film), Dinosaur'' was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success. __TOC__ Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows: 2000 box office records * ''Chicken Run'' became the List of highest-grossing animated films#Stop motion animation, highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever. * ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film), Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas''s $55.1 million opening weekend became the highest debut for a Christmas-themed film. It had the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carrey film and a Ron Howard film, surpassing both ''Batman Forever'' and ''Ransom (1996 film), Ransom'' simultaneously. Events Award ceremonies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Film
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and ''Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Al Pacino, Pacino, Robert De Niro, De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman, Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Film
The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Pixar celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006 with the release of its 7th film, ''Cars''. Evaluation of the year Philip French of ''The Guardian'' described 2006 as "an outstanding year for British cinema". He went on to emphasize, "Six of our well-established directors have made highly individual films of real distinction: Michael Winterbottom's '' A Cock and Bull Story'', Ken Loach's Palme d'Or winner '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'', Christopher Nolan's '' The Prestige'', Stephen Frears's '' The Queen'', Paul Greengrass's '' United 93'' and Nicholas Hytner's '' The History Boys''. Two young directors made confident debuts, both offering a jaundiced view of contemporary Britain: Andrea Arnold's Red Road and Paul Andrew Williams's London to Brighton. In addition the gifted Mexican Alfonso Cuaron came here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goddess Of The Waters
A goddess is a female deity. In some faiths, a sacred female figure holds a central place in religious prayer and worship. For example, Shaktism (one of the three major Hindu sects), holds that the ultimate deity, the source of all reality, is Mahadevi (Supreme Goddess) and in some forms of Tantric Shaivism, the pair of Shiva and Shakti are the ultimate principle (with the goddess representing the active, creative power of God). Meanwhile, in Vajrayana Buddhism, ultimate reality is often seen as being composed of two principles depicted as two deities in union ( yab yum, "father-mother") symbolising the non-duality of the two principles of perfect wisdom (female) and skillful compassion (male). A single figure in a monotheistic faith that is female may be identified simply as god because of no need to differentiate by gender or with a diminutive. An experiment to determine the effect of psychedelics on subjects composed of leaders from diverse religious groups revealed a general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
