On Set: Abderrahmane Sissako’s ‘Timbuktu’
Cast members: "We want that film to enlighten our people’s situation, we, the real hostages of that crisis."
Cast members: "We want that film to enlighten our people’s situation, we, the real hostages of that crisis."
"Timbuktu," the first film by an African-born black filmmaker to be nominated for the best foreign language film Oscar, transcends the present.
Malian director Abderrahmane Sissako’s film "Timbuktu" complicates the Jihadist narrative in Africa.
Mainstream journalism must stop treating Timbuktu and Timbuktians as artifacts, focusing mainly on manuscripts.
Salafist fighters burn hundreds of rare manuscripts, some unique and centuries old, before leaving Timbuktu to French paratroopers.
Mali’s rebel armies, their shifting alliances and their fans make for quite a spectacle.
The rebels--that is, the MNLA and their disavowed and dangerous allies--hold Mali hostage.