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Kirikou et la sorcière (1998)
Forgiveness is the key!
Usually, when you think of a hero you think of a strong character. A character that is not afraid of anything. A hero is most of the time a man or portrayed in some form of a man like, Shrek. In the animated film "Kirikou et la Sorciere" you encounter a surprise when you see the character, Kirikou. Kirikou is the tiniest hero I've ever seen. He is very clever and optimistic. Kirikou lives in a small village with his mother and his family. Kirikou's biggest heroic journey was when he went to see his grandfather. He had to be very careful and smart because he couldn't let the evil sorceress, Karaba, see him.
Karaba is the evil sorceress. She stood out in the movie the most to me. She did evil deeds like she took the water, took all of the men and turned them into obedient servants, she took all the gold, and she stole the children. Karaba was not always mean and evil though. She was a beautiful, young woman. Later in the movie you find out that she is so mean and evil for a reason. Karaba was in pain. Karaba was raped by many men and they put a poisonous thorn in her spine. The thorn seemed to be a reminder of what had happened to her.
Karaba to me represents a lot of women in this world today. There are so many women that have been hurt by men. Since women don't know how to heal from the hurt or we don't get help to heal from the hurt; we as women hold onto the hurt. Holding on to that hurt causes women to be very mean to men. Women tend to be miserable, and has we all know misery loves company. This situation turns into a generational curse. Wounded women are raising little girls. Little girls are being taught to hate men because of their mothers' wounds. All wounded women need is a hero like Kirikou to take the thorn out of their backs, so we can feel no more pain and we could feel free like Karaba.
I would watch this movie again. I would recommend that women that have been hurt before watch this movie. Watching this movie has made me realize some things. One thing being, we should learn to forgive! If women could learn to do that we would feel FREE!
Twist à Popenguine (1994)
Poponguine
Ca Twiste a' Poponguine
In a small village, called, Poponguine in Senegal, colonialism is accepted in a very interesting way. There were not many conflicts in the transition of the intertwining of the French culture and the African culture. In the movie,"Ca Twiste a' Poponguine" created in 1993 by Moussa Sene Absa. He uses a character named, Bacc, to show us how the French culture and the African culture were combined. Bacc was a little boy who lived with his grandmother. His mother was lost and the city and they didn't know where his father was. Bacc was taking care of by everyone in the village. That's why he was thought of as everyone's son. His grandmother said," He had many mothers and fathers". Bacc took us through his everyday life. He went to school where he was taught French by M. Benoit. M. Benoit was sent from France to continue French integration. He also ran errands for the older kids. Bacc had a slick tongue; he was able to pursue the older kids to do things to benefit him.
The older kids separated themselves into two groups, the Inseparables (INS) and the Kings. Each group gave themselves names from famous pop musicians. The kings group didn't have any girls. They dressed in clothing they felt were hip. For instance, in our days they would be considered fashioned name brand clothes. They also had the only record player in the village. The Inseparables had girls and dressed like the village dressed. They didn't have a record player. One scene where Bacc showed he was a smart, business boy. He told the Kings he would give them some profits from the INS party if they would let them use their record player. The INS thought Bacc was getting the record player from just taking it. He also told the INS they had to let him and his girl in free if he did it. He used his talent to get himself and his girl in the party free while giving both groups of older kids what they wanted.
While showing the combining of French culture and African culture Absa also showed some of the conflicts that arose. The grandma would say to Bacc sometimes," That's enough about dead Frenchmen, let's talk about some African tales"! Also, when Monsieur Benoit had the argument with Jabeel about the future of their children, Absa showed cultural conflict. Jabeel felt the children should be like their father's and stick with the African culture. Benoit felt French was the children's future.
" Ca Twiste a' Poponguine", is an entertaining, educational movie. It was funny! Using the actual people of the village instead of professional actors and actress made the movie more real. You were able to actually feel what the characters were talking about (which meant a lot since the movie was in French). The scene when the village was singing to Monsieur Benoit was the most touching part in the movie.