In the movie Moolaadé you can see the roles of women and men in the African village and how it changed from the beginning of the movie towards the end. The role of the men were not very clear, but you can see some of them go to the farm work in the crops and get food back to their family. While others sell inventory in the free market, for example Mercenaire own a small cart and sold children 's clothes, bread, kitchen stuff, bread, batteries… Ets. On the other hand the women did everything, they took care of the children, washed them, feed them, cooked food, went to the well to get water and carried it back home. The woman played the role of a submissive wife, yielding to her husband’s constant sexual demands and desires. Their opinions …show more content…
When Collé and the other wife came and stood up in front of the Saliden and the men that was a turning point in the movie. The men and Saliden were surprised about how the women reacted and came together all of a sudden and said no to purification and demanded that its time to change. And their voices should be heard and their opinion acted upon. They are strong women and obtain a great power, but were not bold enough to exercise it. Since it a male dominated society, maybe they intimidated them or just feared that speaking might be a sign of disrespect. Because of their African heritage and culture, they respect the male figure so much and the woman even sit-down when they run to any male as a sign of …show more content…
I really feel bad for Fugi he experienced Nemours unbearable losses in his life. He lost his mom, his son, and his daughter. He has been taking away by the army and thought he will die and never came back. But whenever he thinks life gets a little better with him something else miserable happen and change their whole course of life. Losing one person is extremely hard I can’t imagine how is it to lose three important people in your life. Your family is the core thing in your life; he lost that so he has nothing. I think the director and use of shot and camera movement made this a great film. For examples scenes where the guy who ran his son over comes back to them, to their house to apologize and say his wife is dead. The close up scene to the wife face when she finally spoke to him made it a really powerful scene. Then after the director used a long shot to show the man walking away in the night and it’s rainy and dark. Also including the surrounding area to make you aware of the scene and connected more personally to the