Yaaba (1989)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 23, 1989Release Date
Yaaba (1989)
1h 30m
Running Time
August 23, 1989Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A small African village. The story focuses on Bila, a ten year old boy who befriends an old woman, Sana. Everybody calls her 'Witch' but Bila himself calls her 'Yaaba' (grandmother). When Bila's cousin Nopoko gets sick it is Sana's medicine that saves her.
Where to Watch.
SubsCurrently Yaaba is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Filmicca
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Cast & Crew.
Fatimata Sanga
Yaaba
Noufou Ouédraogo
Bila
Roukietou Barry
Nopoko
Adama Ouédraogo
Kougri
Amadé Toure
Tibo
Sibidou Ouédraogo
Poko
Adame Sidibe
Razougou
Kinda Moumouni
Finse
Assita Ouedraogo
Koudi
Zenabou Ouedraogo
Pegda
Ousmane Sawadogo
Taryam
Rasmané Ouédraogo
Noaga (as Rasmane Ouedraogo)
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Director / Screenplay / Producer
Francis Bebey
Original Music Composer
Michel David
Producer
Freddy Denaës
Executive Producer
Pierre-Alain Meier
Executive Producer
Matthias Kälin
Director of Photography
Loredana Cristelli
Editor
Mariam Sidibé
Costume Design
Ismaël Ouédraogo
Assistant Director
Paul Zoumbara
Assistant Director
Nathalie Tanner
Makeup Artist
Aminata Zouré
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 23, 1989
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Budget$750,000
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
africa
witchcraft
Wiki.
Yaaba is a 1989 Burkinabé drama film written, produced, and directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo, "one of the best known films from francophone sub-Saharan Africa". It won the Sakura Gold prize at the 1989 Tokyo Film Festival. The film was selected as the Burkinabé entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The film was the subject of a short documentary Parlons Grand-mère, which was shot during the film's production by Djibril Diop Mambéty.
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