Kalifa Dienta

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Kalifa Dienta (January 1, 1940 – June 2021) was a Malian filmmaker who worked as a director, writer and cinematographer. He was born in Macina, Mali, and studied cinema in Moscow. Dienta was active in film from 1967 to 2021 and had three children. He is best known for directing A Banna (1980), a film that critics praised and which was shown at several international film festivals. He died in Bamako, Mali.