Global: World Cinema Gala

In a poor section of Bamako, Melé (Aïssa Maïga), a beautiful bar singer, and her husband Chaka (Tiécoura Traoré), who is out of work, are having marriage difficulties. In the courtyard of the house they share with a number of families (in reality, the director's late father's house), a court has been set up. On trial are the international financial institutions, the World Bank and the IMF, who are facing proceedings brought against them by African civil society for their disastrous policies on Africa, which have brought most African countries into extreme financial and economic penury. African countries spend almost £10 billion annually on debt service, at the expense of public social services such as health and education.