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Timbuktu
The peaceful lives of a Timbuktu cattle herder and his family are abruptly upended by the arrival of militant Islamic rebels.
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- Mauritania, France • 2014
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noel, Hichem Yacoubi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Bamako
A trial in Mali’s capital city debates whether to take action against the IMF and World Bank as life goes on around the courtyard.
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- Mali, United States, France • 2006
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Balla Habib Dembélé, Djénéba Koné
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Rostov-Luanda
A man returns to war-torn Angola in search of a friend and discovers both immense despair and hope.
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- Angola, Mauritania, France • 1998
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Abderrahmane Sissako
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
October
(Октябрь)
An expecting mother meets with her lover, an African student, one last time before he must leave Russia.
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- France, Mauritania, Russia • 1993
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Wilson Buyaya, Irina Apeksimova, Andrei Baratov, Klavdiya Belova, Valentin Cherbakova
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Life on Earth
(La vie sur terre)
A man returns to his home country to visit his father and ends up befriending a beautiful woman.
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- Mali, Mauritania, France • 1998
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Abderrahmane Sissako, Nana Baby, Mohamed Sissako, Bourama Coulibaly, Keita Bina Gaousso, Mahamadou Dramé
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Waiting for Happiness
(Heremakono)
A man visits his mother in his old neighborhood before immigrating to the West.
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- France, Mauritania • 2002
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould, Nana Diakité, Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Game
(Le jeu)
A soldier spends one last day with his wife and son before returning to war, meanwhile kids play war outside.
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- Soviet Union, Mauritania • 1991
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Altine Hodjaev, Hodjaberdy Norliev, Bechim Nouriev, Tehary Saitliev
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Le vol du Boli
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- • 2020
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast
- Genre Music
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Africa Dreaming
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- South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia • 1997
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako, João Ribeiro, Joseph Gaï Ramaka, Farai Sevenzo, Richard Pakleppa, Palesa Ka Letlaka
- Cast Sophia Matros, Naftali Uirab, Selna Vries, Chawki Bouglia, Nabil Chahed
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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What do you think you are willing to do?
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- France, Switzerland, Germany • 2008
- Director Gael García Bernal, Wim Wenders, Gus Van Sant, Mira Nair, Jane Campion, Gaspar Noé, Jan Kounen, Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Nigist Anteneh, Tefera Gizaw, Fekadu Kebede, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Hringur Ingvarsson
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Perfumed Hill
(La colline parfumée)
After Joice surprises everyone by saying “no” on her wedding day, she moves from the Ivory Coast to Guangzhou, China.
- • 2023
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Wu Ke-Xi, Nina Melo, Han Chang, Isabelle Kabano, Michael Chang
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tiya's Dream
(Le rêve de Tiya)
- Ethiopia, France • 2008
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast Nigist Anteneh, Tefera Gizaw, Fekadu Kebede
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
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