Between Us, a Secret

(Entre nós, um segredo)

Beatriz Seigner, Toumani Kouyaté / Brazil, Mexico, United States, Burkina Faso / 2020 / 80 min
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  • CineBH - International Film Festival

  • Belo Horizonte Documentary and Ethnographic Film Festival.

  • São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Praia Internacional Film Festival

  • African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival

  • Semana de Cinema Negro de Belo Horizonte

  • Inffinito Film Festival

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Synopsis

Portuguese and French with English subtitles

With Toumani Kouyaté, Mamadou Kouyaté, Bakari Kouyaté, Bougadari Kouyaté

In 2014, Toumani Kouyaté, a djeli (griot)—a master of words, storyteller, and conflict mediator—was living in Brazil when he received an urgent call. His grandfather, sensing his final days approaching, summoned him and over 40 Malian expatriates to return to their homeland. In Mali, the aging patriarch sought to pass down the nation’s secrets to the younger generation of djelis, ensuring the continuity of their ancestral knowledge and cultural heritage.

Beatriz Seigner and Toumani Kouyaté embark together on a journey as he returns to his family’s village to witness and partake in the sacred rites of passage of the djelis. Through storytelling and the spoken word, the film explores the vital role of oral culture as both a repository of historical memory and a means of fostering social and political resilience.

Amidst the challenges of war, displacement, and modernity, Between Us, a Secret presents a compelling reflection on the power of oral traditions in safeguarding identity, fostering unity, and navigating crisis.

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About the Director
Beatriz Seigner was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She made her debut as a director with the short film Uma Menina Como Outras Mil (2001). She also directed two other shorts, Roda Real (2004) and Índias (2005). She directed the features Bollywood Dream (2009), the first co-production between Brazil and India, and Los Silencios (2018).

Toumani Kouyaté is a griot, who, in the African tradition, are storytellers. In addition to singing, dancing, playing, telling stories and photographing, he is a university professor and festival organizer in several countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and in Canada. Between Us, a Secret (2020) is his debut film as a director and screenwriter.

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