Abderrahmane Sissako

Aya, a young woman from the Ivory Coast in her early thirties, surprises everyone by refusing to marry on her wedding day. She moves to Asia and finds employment in…

Set against the backdrop of the jihadist occupation of Timbuktu, this 2014 film by Abderrahmane Sissako explores the impact of extremism on the lives of the city’s residents. The narrative…