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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 Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Kino Now, Kanopy, YouTube, Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, MUBI
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 Amazon Video, Hoopla, OVID, Kanopy, Apple TV
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Le vol du Boli
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- • 2020
- Director Abderrahmane Sissako
- Cast
- Genre Music
- 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.
Africa Dreaming
- 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.
The Perfumed Hill
(La colline parfumée)
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- 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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