"Timbuktu” is a 2014 film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. The film takes place in the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali, which is occupied by extremist jihadists. The film explores the lives of the ...

Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako (Timbuktu), and U.S. director and producer John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Coming to America). The petition calls on the Cannes film festival to use ...

Rwandan actress Eliane Umuhire ("Augure by Baloji," "My New Friends"), French producer Sylvie Pialat ("Timbuktu," "Staying ... Beats") and Canadian film critic, journalist and frequent Variety ...