“Yam Daabo” Reintroduces a Late, Great Filmmaker
The New Yorker
by Richard BrodyMarch 6, 2026
Richard Brody on “Yam Daabo,” from 1987, the first feature by Idrissa Ouédraogo, now on Criterion.
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Originally published on The New Yorker on 3/6/2026