Africa's lone entry to the Cannes film festival aims to speak for millions with it's ambitious tale of putting the World Bank and IMF on trial for policies that are choking African nations. "Bamako" a jewel film by a Mauritian director, Abderrahmane Sissako aims to demonstrate the impact of these policies on the daily lives of Africans. Debt repayments which absorb an astonishing 40 percent of the Zambian and Kenyan budgets is a recurrent leitmotif.