DVD
3 of 3 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
- EASTWOOD: Audiovisual Collection
- WASHINGTON SQUARE: Audiovisual Collection
Timbuktu
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN, EAS, WSQ)
Languages
In French, Arabic and English, with English subtitles.
Performers
Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Fatoumata Diawara, Hichem Yacoubi, Kettly Noël, Mehdi AG Mohamed, Layla Walet Mohamed, Adel Mahmoud Cherif, Salem Dendou.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Cohen Media Group ; Port Washington, NY : Distributed by Entertainment One Film, [2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Summary
Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter Toya, and Issan, their shepherd. In the town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family had been spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu, but when their destiny changes abruptly, Kidane must face the new laws of the foreign occupants.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
DVD feature: Interview with director Abderrahmane Sissako.
Subjects
- Cattle herders > Mali > Tombouctou > Drama.
- Families > Mali > Tombouctou > Drama.
- Islamic fundamentalism > Mali > Tombouctou > Drama.
- Terrorism > Mali > Tombouctou > Drama.
- Tombouctou (Mali) > Social life and customs > 21st century > Drama.
- Tombouctou (Mali) > Social conditions > 21st century > Drama.
- Tombouctou (Mali) > Drama.