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.
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Currently 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

Aminata Zouré
Makeup Artist

Pierre-Alain Meier
Executive Producer

Mariam Sidibé
Costume Design

Loredana Cristelli
Editor

Francis Bebey
Original Music Composer

Ismaël Ouédraogo
Assistant Director

Michel David
Producer

Freddy Denaës
Executive Producer

Paul Zoumbara
Assistant Director

Matthias Kälin
Director of Photography

Nathalie Tanner
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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