Yeelen Filming Locations
Where was Yeelen filmed? Yeelen was filmed in 8 locations across Mali in the following places:
Yeelen Filming Locations
Dilly is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Nara in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune includes 63 villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 38,965.
Hombori is a small town and rural commune in the Cercle of Douentza in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains 25 villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 23,099. The town lies just to the north of the Hombori Tondo mesa on the R15 highway linking Mopti and Gao.
Mopti is a town and an urban commune in the Inner Niger Delta region of Mali. The town is the capital of the Mopti Cercle and the Mopti Region. Situated 630 km northeast of Bamako, the town lies at the confluence of the Niger and the Bani Rivers and is linked by an elevated causeway to the town of Sévaré.
Sangha is a rural commune in the Cercle of Bandigara in the Mopti Region of Mali. The commune contains around 44 small villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 32,513.
Yeelen (1987)
A young man with magical powers journeys to his uncle to request help in fighting his sorcerer father.